Funny that a license like the GPL, which aims to protect the freedom of free software, actually binds licensees to a rather onerous, self-replicating denial of the ability to ever profit from any innovations they might make. While I understand the appeal and usefulness of the GPL, I dislike the idea that it places burdens on the future status of anything that might come out of it. This to me seems to discourage much significant future innovation, especially for large scale, complex software since it removes much of the incentive (the potential for remuneration and profit) to devote the necessary time and effort to a project.
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