> This is why, in my opinion, having the GPL force code sharing may sound nice in theory, but in practice it isn't very interesting. GPL becomes tremendously p

> This is why, in my opinion, having the GPL force code sharing may sound nice in theory, but in practice it isn't very interesting. GPL becomes tremendously powerful once the licensed technology becomes significantly important enough that companies will accept the GPL in order to benefit from the technology. Linux is testimony to this.