Why I Don't Use The GPL

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Why I Don’t Use The GPL

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You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to anyone who comes into

possession of a copy.Freedom for Code

GPL == Telling Others How They

Can Work

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I want to use my licensefor my work

Why can’t we play together?

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Redistribution

SharingCopying

Selling Conveying

Publishing

...Finding The Source CodeUsed To Be Hard!

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Permissive Copyleft

CommerceBusinessMoney

Making a living

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Rise Of The Foundations

Foundations ensure long-term code

availability

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Freedom for People

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