Re:French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL
by kelnos on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:14PM
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I agree that the GPL's ideology is different, but I don't think you need to agree with the GPL's ideology to use it, just as you don't need to agree with the BSD or MIT licenses' ideologies to use them.
You can simply make a practical choice, based on what your goals are for a specific project. If you're looking to build a community around your project where both hobbyists and corporate users/contributors end up in your commit history, you might choose (A)GPL. That's not to say there are no public corporate contributions to BSD- or MIT-licensed projects, but I expect using the (A)GPL could increase the likelihood. Well, aside from the effect of companies that simply refuse to touch GPL'd software.
You can simply make a practical choice, based on what your goals are for a specific project. If you're looking to build a community around your project where both hobbyists and corporate users/contributors end up in your commit history, you might choose (A)GPL. That's not to say there are no public corporate contributions to BSD- or MIT-licensed projects, but I expect using the (A)GPL could increase the likelihood. Well, aside from the effect of companies that simply refuse to touch GPL'd software.