I agree totally. As a sole proprietor the GPL certainly protects my interests and my customers are comfortable knowing they can always hire someone else to enha

I agree totally. As a sole proprietor the GPL certainly protects my interests and my customers are comfortable knowing they can always hire someone else to enhance or maintain the source. I'm surprised that as it becomes easier than ever to start companies that more programmers don't see this advantage. I believe it's primarily because the VC world is still attracted to the idea that "secret sauce" has monetary value, when the reality of course is that the secret sauce walks out the door every night in the head of some hacker.