Calling GPL a failure or non-commercial is to ignore the role of GPL software in the ISP, Hosting and cloud computing industries. For those of us writing commer

Calling GPL a failure or non-commercial is to ignore the role of GPL software in the ISP, Hosting and cloud computing industries. For those of us writing commercial software, as the article points out, the GPL makes it very hard to create a license revenue driven business. Selling licenses is not the only model, but it is a proven one.