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GPL FUD is still with us. A lot of corporations have "no GPL software" policies. They make exceptions for Linux but resist any new GPLed software over the conce
by api 4y ago
GPL FUD is still with us. A lot of corporations have "no GPL software" policies. They make exceptions for Linux but resist any new GPLed software over the concern that the license is "viral" in ways it really isn't.
It's dumb. I'm convinced that if you simply renamed the license it would go away. The text could be unchanged. It all goes back to Microsoft pushing FUD against the GPL years ago.
- phendrenad2 4y agoThe GPL is scary enough even with the ways it really is viral. Just look at the torches/pitchforks any time some company violates it accidentally. People calling for the company to "lose" its GPL license and have to stop shipping products, or have to open-source their entire portfolio. Crazy stuff. And to avoid accidents, it requires top-down scrutiny of the sort most companies aren't prepared to enforce. You don't want to hear "The intern accidentally used a 3rd party proprietary code module in our GPL software and shipped the binary, a month ago, what do we do now?"