I take a syncretic view that there is a spectrum of licensing along an axis like: |-GNU GPL...apache/MIT...proprietary-| I submit that motives for doing code

I take a syncretic view that there is a spectrum of licensing along an axis like: |-GNU GPL...apache/MIT...proprietary-| I submit that motives for doing code vary from: * the social concerns of the GPL * to the libertarian view of apache/MIT * to the darwinian capitalist vistas of proprietary Further, the optimal overall result is obtained by respecting everyone's rights and using the legal system where necessary to resolve frictions. Messy? Inefficient? Confusing? Occasionally riddled by contradiction? Welcome to people.