Re: Gpl
It's worth noting that without the GPL a lot of this stuff wouldn't be written. True there is a great deal of free software written under more permissive licenses but there is also a great deal written by people who would not accept their work being closed or who use the GPL explicitly in a tit for tat manner as described by Linus Torvalds. In fact it's extremely unlike the current tech wealth of the planet would exist without the GPL. The growth of the internet is almost entirely Linux based and most of what isn't Linux is free software.
Personally I tend to favour allowing usage (as in library usage) to anyone but would expect any modifications to the library back. The problem is the wording of such semi-copyleft licenses have allowed all sorts of abuse. Cedega still abuses the Wine project, whatever the evangelists want to say about Wines move to LGPL. This pushes a lot of people towards stricter full copyleft licenses. A few people handle it via GPL with a very narrow exception but naturally any such modification to a license is a tricky legal business unless you have a lawyer handy.
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