The substantive points have little bearing on perceptions held by those that are key to the survival of a small startup and that can't realistically be changed

The substantive points have little bearing on perceptions held by those that are key to the survival of a small startup and that can't realistically be changed by a small startup. One could of course feel that the difference in obligations are more important, but those who believe this are also free to fork the project and demonstrate just how easy survival would be trying to ignore the consequences of the perceptions. It's clearly possible for some GPL projects to keep forging ahead despite the difficulties, but survival rates paint a picture that isn't so kind.