> It was a stroke of genius from Linus by adopting the GPL I agree. So does Linus: https://www.cio.com/article/238985/linus-torvalds-says-gpl-was-defining-fa

> It was a stroke of genius from Linus by adopting the GPL I agree. So does Linus: https://www.cio.com/article/238985/linus-torvalds-says-gpl-was-defining-factor-in-linuxs-success.html https://www.cio.com/article/238985/linus-torvalds-says-gpl-w... Also, important note: the GPL was not the original license he chose. It changed with v0.99. Before that it was his own licence. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721105526/https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/old-versions/RELNOTES-0.12 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721105526/https://www.kerne...