GPL Infectiousness

On 30 Sep 2002, Derek Neighbors wrote:

> It is so powerful that AOL/Time Warner has dual licensed Mozilla and Sun
> Microsystems has dual licensed Star Office. They found out the
> difficult way that free isnt free enough if you arent GPL compatiable.
> I think that the GPL en masse was very much an advantage in being able
> to sway these large corporations to rethink their licensing.

Exactly! It is infectious (in a good way).

All I'm saying is that we should not dance around
the topic - it makes us look like we are ashamed.
The GPL *is* intended to change the world, and
it *has* done so.

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