Now correct me if I'm wrong here, I'm not too updated on all this license business, but wouldn't it theoretically be possible to close the software under the BSD license, as it's not copyleft?
You'll probably have a hard time finding a completely unbiased source, but as parent comment mentioned, unless there are numbers that oppose the linked statistics, there is no reason to believe that aforementioned statistic is false, as long as it seems reasonable.
I can definitely see something like this happening in the future, hell, just recently we got the Google +1 button, the EVE Online forums recently added a "native" (i.e. not linked to Facebook) like button. Not to mention all the Facebook "like" buttons strewn all over the web.
But to summarize, I think we will be seeing a lot more "native" like-functions appear over the web, especially on forums and other sites aimed primarily at discussion. If nothing else, it may help cut down spam and "me too" posts.
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Now correct me if I'm wrong here, I'm not too updated on all this license business, but wouldn't it theoretically be possible to close the software under the BSD license, as it's not copyleft?
You'll probably have a hard time finding a completely unbiased source, but as parent comment mentioned, unless there are numbers that oppose the linked statistics, there is no reason to believe that aforementioned statistic is false, as long as it seems reasonable.
I can definitely see something like this happening in the future, hell, just recently we got the Google +1 button, the EVE Online forums recently added a "native" (i.e. not linked to Facebook) like button. Not to mention all the Facebook "like" buttons strewn all over the web. But to summarize, I think we will be seeing a lot more "native" like-functions appear over the web, especially on forums and other sites aimed primarily at discussion. If nothing else, it may help cut down spam and "me too" posts.