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Re:The time has come to stand up for the GPL by ocdtrekkie on Friday March 06, 2015 @11:57AM (#9158041)
Incorrect. Because a lot of others can't use your code for greater benefit of everyone because it's GPL. Your code is open source, regardless of the derivative work. GPL is about forcing other developers' to release their code in order to use your code.
Re:The time has come to stand up for the GPL by pmontra on Friday March 06, 2015 @01:09PM (#9158480)
Which sounds very fair: I helped you, you help me.
Re:The time has come to stand up for the GPL by s73v3r on Friday March 06, 2015 @01:15PM (#9158520)
GPL is about ensuring that all users of the code, both developers and end users, receive the same freedoms that the authors of any derivative work had.
Re:The time has come to stand up for the GPL by ocdtrekkie on Friday March 06, 2015 @01:17PM (#9158535)
But just as the GPL author has the freedom to make their code available, another author should be able to choose not to make their own code available. Again, this has nothing to do with freedom, this has to do with imposing your personal beliefs on others.
Re:The time has come to stand up for the GPL by jdjb on Friday March 06, 2015 @03:14PM (#9159295)
Yes, the other author has the ability to choose to not open source their code. But they absolutely do not have the choice to not abide by whatever license was applied to the libraries and original works they are building from.

The freedoms awarded by the GPL are not intended for the authors of the derivative works but for everyone else. The restrictions in place only prevent the author of the derived work from restricting everyone else.

Re:The time has come to stand up for the GPL by s73v3r on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @12:48PM (#9178755)
I didn't know people were forcing you to use their libraries.

If you want the freedom to do whatever you want with your code, then write it all from scratch.