> But I'm a little confused by what the goals of the GPL license are besides a warm and fuzzy feeling that no-one is ripping them off though. To make sure open

> But I'm a little confused by what the goals of the GPL license are besides a warm and fuzzy feeling that no-one is ripping them off though. To make sure open source developers aren't used as sharecroppers by companies that take their work, sell it for a profit, and don't release any improvements or allow anyone else to benefit from the fact the original work is open source.