> I am also wondering how many GNU/FSF haters are participating in just because they prefer MIT/BSD and see GNU as a cancer eating at their money making scheme.

> I am also wondering how many GNU/FSF haters are participating in just because they prefer MIT/BSD and see GNU as a cancer eating at their money making scheme. Bingo! Corporate interests have been taking aim at the GNU license and the FSF for decades. They hate that they can't steal free software, make it proprietary, and profit from it - without having to make the entirety of the source available to their customers which thwarts their profit plans. How many Ask HN posts have we seen where someone is complaining that someone swooped in and "stole" their software, utilizing some form of a BSD license, and are now profiting from it? If you want to protect yourself from such hucksters then become a member of the FSF and license your code with GPL. Now you have legal protection.