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Is it surprising that the GPL represents the antithesis of the startup community? No matter how idealistic any large group of young hackers will want to be, fi
by buu700 15y ago
Is it surprising that the GPL represents the antithesis of the startup community?
No matter how idealistic any large group of young hackers will want to be, fiduciary duty will always trump everything when you play with business. You can love the GPL as much as Stallman himself, but when you're grasping for any edge you can find over your competition, you'll think twice before shipping her a tarball of your source.
- StavrosK 15y agoThat's entirely off topic. We're discussing GPL versus a more free license. If anything, this is an argument for the GPL.
- buu700 15y agoOff topic? The topic, if I've read correctly, is: I feel it is sad that so few HN hackers seem to appreciate the vision of the GPL Reusing GPL'd code forces developers to in turn release their code; more free licenses don't have this effect.
- StavrosK 15y agoYes, that was the original contrast, versus the MIT license of the OP. Sure, people will opt to not release code when it contains trade secrets or whatnot, but the thread is about MIT vs GPL, basically. Anyway, not to play thread police, it just seemed to me that it was veering off into another direction. I'm cranky in the mornings!