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GPL was not designed for the benefit of "open source" software. It is an unfortunate consequence. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.h
by radmuzom 12y ago
GPL was not designed for the benefit of "open source" software. It is an unfortunate consequence.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
- rdtsc 12y agoUnfortunate or not, my point was that it did help proliferate the idea of open source software, even of different licenses. Of course it is a "what would have happened if" kind of argument. But that is just my opinion. In other words, I am saying, BSD/MIT/etc type licensed software would not have proliferated as much if GNU/GPL wasn't there from the start. From RMS's point of view, it was probably not an intended consequence, I agree.