> I'm not saying [GPLv2 is] the nadir of licenses - but it's pretty good, no? It's certainly "pretty good" compared to having no source code available at all.

> I'm not saying [GPLv2 is] the nadir of licenses - but it's pretty good, no? It's certainly "pretty good" compared to having no source code available at all. But when people talk about "liberal" licenses (aka permissive licensing), the GPL is not what usually comes to mind.