Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 2nd Sep 2009 12:41 UTC, submitted by nitsudima
David Chisnall casts a critical eye over the GNU General Public License and asks whether it's done more harm than good for the Free Software movement. "Looking back, has the GPL been a help, or a hindrance? And will it continue to be a help or hindrance in the future?"
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So basically Apple couldn't create a proprietary application with GPL code. I'm not really crying about that. In fact I'm glad that Apple couldn't just pilfer GCC and sell it bundled as a proprietary product. I don't really give a rat's ass if they improved their own version of GCC for years. They should have read the license before they decided to use it. I have just as much a right to piss and moan about Microsoft not allowing me to tweak the source of Windows as anyone else has to complain about not being able to create proprietary software with GPL licensed code.