And the reason why companies do that and not hire the entire team away (as was done with BSD in the past) is the GPL license. While today's Linux can't get awa

And the reason why companies do that and not hire the entire team away (as was done with BSD in the past) is the GPL license. While today's Linux can't get away without company support that support is a consequence of the license. As much as I despise GPL, it allowed projects to stay open even when every core contributor being hired away would be a profitable move for some companies.