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Yeah, but most new code (especially frontend javascript, desktop application libraries, mobile application libraries) is 2-clause BSD, ISC (which is formally eq

Yeah, but most new code (especially frontend javascript, desktop application libraries, mobile application libraries) is 2-clause BSD, ISC (which is formally equivalent to 2BSD), MIT, or Apache 2.0. I guess there are goons going around slapping WTFPL on things, but oh well, doesn't seem to be stopping anyone. GPL doesn't cause problems unless you're distributing. If you're just compiling and running it as part of your service, it's no biggie. I ran it by legal pretty quickly. I've worked on plenty of projects with GPL stuff in them.

flukus 9y ago
> GPL doesn't cause problems unless you're distributing Or if you might want to distribute in future, what is good now might become impossible because a client wants an on premise install for instance. Or if the software department ever get's spun out to a separate legal entity. I'm a big fan of the GPL, even the AGPL, but I wouldn't use a GPL library in a non-GPL product.