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At the end of the day this is Copy-Left debate all over again Personally I like it, I see "Open Source" being killed off with Apache, BSD. MIT and other non-c
by syshum 6y ago
At the end of the day this is Copy-Left debate all over again
Personally I like it, I see "Open Source" being killed off with Apache, BSD. MIT and other non-copy left licensing, it allows companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and other to leach off of "Open Source" focusing exclusively on dev tools and libraries used to build their products.
This has lead to ALOT of developer growth, and ALOT of Open Source access for Developers but no much growth in END USER software products that are open sourced.
Linux one of the most popular Operating Systems in the world, and is the final product not a development library is as big as it is because of Copy Left, one can make a big case that the BSD's never got to be as big as Linux directly because of their permissive license.
- pjmlp 6y agoIndeed, the proof being how much they get back from Apple, Sony. In fact, had Linux not been around, most likely all major UNIXes would be still be around, using pieces of BSD as always.