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How so? I think it's quite the opposite. The GPL allows you to run your code on a server that clients connect to without you having to give them the code to you

by hasenj 9y ago

How so? I think it's quite the opposite. The GPL allows you to run your code on a server that clients connect to without you having to give them the code to your server. This is the only way to profit off of GPL licensed libraries.

tomc1985 9y ago
GPLv3 was supposed to patch that hole but isn't really seeing much use. With regards to hosted services, yes GPLv2 is quite liberal and prone to abuse
- hasenj 9y ago
  Not really. The AGPL is what is supposed to counter that.