I think this explains the (predictably) irrational hatred for the GPL; it makes doors close, and that is something we are apparently hard-wired to hate. Even th

I think this explains the (predictably) irrational hatred for the GPL; it makes doors close, and that is something we are apparently hard-wired to hate. Even though we know we are never going to make our free app proprietary, we want that option. I write libraries as well as applications, and I know that I'll use those libraries for both free and non-free applications, as the occasion requires. Accordingly, I do not want to pollute the libraries with GPL restrictions, and thus avoid all GPL and LGPL code (even the LGPL restricts how I can link against the code, requiring dynamic libraries, and how I distribute the code). I don't consider this irrational; the paycheck that allows me to devote many many hours of my life to open source software comes entirely from software sales. Consumers don't purchase "services" for desktop software, and the enterprise services I do provide are purchased by companies who ... sell software.