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Two primary reasons. 1. The GPL is incompatible with many other licenses, including free and open source licenses. Viral licenses do not play nice with one ano
by rbehrends 11y ago
Two primary reasons.
1. The GPL is incompatible with many other licenses, including free and open source licenses. Viral licenses do not play nice with one another.
2. For many people, the risk associated with the GPL death penalty is simply too high. Even the watered down GPLv3 version has some scary scenarios.
Aside from that, a lot of people simply aren't bothered by a proprietary fork of free or open source software with a permissive license. Keep in mind that permissive licenses or proprietary forks do not affect freedoms 0-3.