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What about the GPL prevents adoption?
by midasuni 3y ago
What about the GPL prevents adoption?
- jwildeboer 3y agoThe flawed beliefs of Venture Capitalism, IMHO. (A)GPL scares their money away.
- the_mitsuhiko 3y agoGPL doesn’t work in an environment that requires further restrictions or where the distributor doesn’t want to uphold it. For instance you won’t be able to put GPL code onto the App Store. The viral nature of the license also carries perceived business risk and harms adoption.
- frognumber 3y agoI'll give a small suggestion: If you want to reach consensus, don't use pejorative terms. Here's a history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft#Viral_licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft#Viral_licensing FYI: The Linux kernel is GPL, and is used on most cell phones, routers, and a huge number of other embedded devices. It powers most of the servers on the internet too. It's simply not the case that it has been any hindrance to commercial use. You should reconsider some of your comments. You equate GPL with non-commercial. I've built software under GPL-style licenses which has generated hundreds of millions of dollars of commercial value. It limits some modes of commercialization, but this is one of the places your thinking is confused.