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Why?
by buster 13y ago
Why?
- jrockway 13y agoProbably because Stallman is not attractive enough, or some similarly idiotic reason.
- Ziomislaw 13y agobecause GPL tries to reinvent the definition of "free" (I recommend consulting a dictionary, and than reading what GPL considers free/freedom, you are in for a mean suprise).
- synchronise 13y agoPersonally I avoid it because it's incompatible with GPLv2 only licences, which would prevent certain projects mixing code.
- Sanddancer 13y agoBecause viral licenses get real terrible when you want to get features from two that are mutually incompatible. When two projects have different ideas on imposing "freedom" on users, it makes it harder to cooperate and make a better end product for the users. As such, I much prefer free as in free licenses like BSD over restrictive licenses like the GPL.