[floam]

I wouldn’t kneecap a OS project I wish to be adopted by licensing it GPL. Look at glibc which basically can’t practically support static linking.

You make any of your OS standard libraries GPL and they need to suck to use and can’t statically link your code without being forced to also be licensed GPL.

That viral property some people find desirable.

[heavyset_go]

WRT kneecapping, history has shown that companies will bleed the commons dry and they need to be legally strong-armed into contributing back to the free software projects they make their fortunes off of.

Virality might suit the ego, but it doesn't make for a healthy project when its primary users are parasitic.

[bigstrat2003]

> history has shown that companies will bleed the commons dry and they need to be legally strong-armed into contributing back to the free software projects they make their fortunes off of.

Software is not a scarce good. Let companies use free software without contributing back as much as they wish; it doesn't affect others in the least. There is no bleeding of the commons here, because even if companies take as much as they can without giving back, it doesn't reduce the resources available for others.

[criticalfault]

Isn't this what made Linux successful?

Being able to sell it closed and not releasing the source would make closing the android ecosystem 'good old times', no?

We would only get a bunch of closed outdated company controlled binaries, but now for everything, not only drivers?