[satellite2]

> there's a built-in assumption that no commercial entity would _want_ to use it under GPLv3 terms.

We also have a fairly strict no GPL dependency at work which I find surprising. Especially for a software like this one that you only use, never ship nor modify I don't understand the risks this license poses. It's like we went from a reasonable "be careful around it" to a "don't touch it with a 10 foot pole". And it's leaving me wondering if there is a more concerted effort to demonize this license

[chengdulittlea]

To put it simply, I made it that way so

- Other GPL software can just include features in my programs if they wanted to.

- I can remove myself from the responsibilities of potential free maintenance burden if approached by commercial entities.

- On paper it prevent crappy Chinese companies here from taking the code as their own (which is unlikely judging by the nature of this program, but if they want they probably would do it anyway just like the case with ffmpeg).