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> There's no issue here Tell that to Microsoft. GPL protected Linux when Linux started to become a threat to the most powerful tech company on Earth of the ti
by peoplefromibiza 3y ago
> There's no issue here
Tell that to Microsoft.
GPL protected Linux when Linux started to become a threat to the most powerful tech company on Earth of the time, famous for their "embrace and extend" tactic.
Rust had no such problem, it was started by a company that every year takes hundreds of millions (81% of their revenues in 2022) from one of the most powerful tech companies on Earth.
- bigstrat2003 3y agoI genuinely have no idea what your point is.
- peoplefromibiza 3y agoIf I am contributing to a community project, made by the people for the people, GPL protects my work from being stolen by corporations that pack it up and sell it for a price. GPL means you work on something and in return you get something from someone else that improved on your work, you can't keep any published change private. GPL also means that if someone forks the original source code and makes substantial changes, the subsequent work must be licensed under the GPL (what MS called the "viral nature"), nobody can re-license it, unless all the other contributors agree to it. GPL software cannot be acquired to kill it, like Google or Apple do all the time, or severely cripple it after the acquisition. It's a form of social contact that guarantees that no one gets screwed or exploited. It grows on users' needs not on VC growth needs. That's how Linux got big. BSD was already 20 years old when Linux started and yet BSD is nowhere near the popularity of Linux.
- peoplefromibiza 3y agoEDIT: BSD was 12 years old when Linus started Linux.