Re:Plan 9 released under GPLv2
by yxhuvud on Thursday February 13, 2014 @11:53AM
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Yes, it would be an absolutely horrible thing if someone actually started to use the OS.
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You mean, like the Linux kernel with it's GPLv2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#Copyright.2C_trademark.2C...)
Apple gives people who want to make use of their beautiful code the finger. Why not do the same to potential Steve Jobs'? If BSD had been licensed under the GNU GPL, OS X would either have to have been built from scratch, or be free software.
They also backport a lot of it upstream to FreeBSD. It is not a black and white question.
If one go by market share, the code sent back upstream are worth far less than 1% of Os X.
So? That doesn't change that Apple usage of FreeBSD codebase is still a net win for the FreeBSD project. It is still a win-win situation even if the win isn't totally symmetrical.
Linux is GPL and that didn't stop anyone from using it. I don't understand your point, may you explain it?
Linux is GPLv2. But I guess no one uses that... :)
It's Plan 9, so I don't think they're in great danger of that.
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Finally someone that actually understood what I meant. Gaining traction is a lot more important for getting work done than the contributions back from *GPL ever has been.