GPLv2 Think about it. Most of the reasons people are giving for "why Linux succeeded" also apply to BSD. And these things have all applied to BSD for a long ti

GPLv2 Think about it. Most of the reasons people are giving for "why Linux succeeded" also apply to BSD. And these things have all applied to BSD for a long time. Maybe it's some variation on the "first mover principle" where Linux just got there first. But I don't think that's a very good explanation. Personally I think that the license has a lot to do with it.