> Copyleft isn't how the world works. How do you explain the success of software projects such as the Linux kernel? > MIT and Apache and liberal licenses libe

> Copyleft isn't how the world works. How do you explain the success of software projects such as the Linux kernel? > MIT and Apache and liberal licenses liberate ideas for reuse and practical application in the real world. No. The likes of MIT and Apache allow for royalty-free commercial use of third party software. Aka free labour. The likes of GPL arguably have a greater impact on the whole concept of reuse because they require consumers to also be reusable by third parties. It's ok if your goal is to just use someone else's projects for your own commercial benefit. I do that all the time. However, it's not right to try to frame it as something else.