I'm seeing this topic come up more and more frequently, but here's my two cents: The average user doesn't care about Creative Commons licensing, or GPL. The a

I'm seeing this topic come up more and more frequently, but here's my two cents: The average user doesn't care about Creative Commons licensing, or GPL. The average user cares about the following interaction: LogIn->Read Status Updates->Talk to Friends->Make Status Update->Upload pictures Where average user being 80% of the FB userbase who log on everyday and remain completely oblivious to what's happening with Facebook, The EFF, the FTC and most recently, Zynga. They don't know these things, so they don't care. I say that to say this: if someone plans to build the next social network, build it with the users in mind. Don't try to build a platform with some Utopian framework in mind, build what works, and keep it simple. If you do this, you'll win.