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It only matters if you're redistributing it. So, libraries not tools. Given the choice between two otherwise similar frameworks/libraries, I would expect most
by epicide 8y ago
It only matters if you're redistributing it. So, libraries not tools.
Given the choice between two otherwise similar frameworks/libraries, I would expect most to gravitate towards the non-GPL'd one since there is less friction. i.e. you don't even have to consider things like the GPL linking rules.
- ken 8y agoAre people not redistributing Linux? This seems like an awfully thin hair to split.
- epicide 8y agoI'm not trying to say everything exactly falls into one category or the other. There was a wide sweeping statement about a set that I believe to be generally true for one subset [0] and it was refuted with cherry-picked examples from a disjoint subset. [0]: Of a significant size.
- klez 8y agoBut that's exactly the point, isn't it? [a bit oversimplified] You want to use this GPL library? Great! Just release your own software as GPL! It's not complicated, per se, it's just that some people/business are not ok with that condition (which is their prerogative).
- epicide 8y ago> it's just that some people/business are not ok with that condition The point is that if people/businesses are not okay with using it, then that hurts the survival of that thing.