The GPL license only gives more freedom to the licensee when compared to most closed source licenses and normal copyright law, when compared to the likes of the BSD license it gives less.
For some business models the GPL is every bit as restrictive as a proprietary license, because software that is under the GPL simply cannot be used.
analog_line was not saying that the GPL was wrong, and neither am I, he was saying that there is room in the world for more than one style of license, I agree with him. Unlike RMS I believe that developers and their customers should have the freedom to decide between them what the license agreement should be.
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The GPL license only gives more freedom to the licensee when compared to most closed source licenses and normal copyright law, when compared to the likes of the BSD license it gives less. For some business models the GPL is every bit as restrictive as a proprietary license, because software that is under the GPL simply cannot be used. analog_line was not saying that the GPL was wrong, and neither am I, he was saying that there is room in the world for more than one style of license, I agree with him. Unlike RMS I believe that developers and their customers should have the freedom to decide between them what the license agreement should be.