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It seems hard to quantify. If everybody were using the BSD or Apache license instead of the GPL, would society be substantially different? My guess leans toward
by chc 14y ago
It seems hard to quantify. If everybody were using the BSD or Apache license instead of the GPL, would society be substantially different? My guess leans toward "A little different, but maybe not that much." Would BSD and Apache have caught on if Stallman hadn't been there? I don't know, but BSD at least predates GNU. Any answer would have to delve into the realm of historical fiction.
- geoka9 14y ago> Would BSD and Apache have caught on if Stallman hadn't been there? I don't know, but BSD at least predates GNU. Would _open source_ have caught on if Stallman (and GNU) hadn't been there? That's an interesting question.
- cwp 14y agoOf course it would have. It was pretty much inevitable once Internet access became wide-spread.
- SirDinosaur 14y agome thinks that is taking both the internet and open source for granted.