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> the GPL doesn't ask you to give more Sure it does. It essentially asks me to give away the ability to profit from my work later or get hired by companies mak
by josephg 4y ago
> the GPL doesn't ask you to give more
Sure it does. It essentially asks me to give away the ability to profit from my work later or get hired by companies making use of my projects. (Because companies generally refuse to use GPL code at all).
It’s hard enough keeping up the motivation to write and maintain an opensource project. If no one uses it and I can’t find a way to make it financially self sustaining on top of that? Bleh no thanks!
- nextaccountic 4y ago> Because companies generally refuse to use GPL code at all You mean, they refuse to use Linux?
- josephg 4y agoMost companies refuse to incorporate GPL code / libraries into their projects. The question is what counts as a "derivative work". Using linux as an OS target is fine, but statically linking GPLed libraries is generally not ok. Companies seem happy using GPL software (like linux) only so far as they're allowed to ignore all the share-alike clauses of the GPL.