Re: Switch to GPL
Re: Switch to GPL
Date: September 12, 2010
Source: BitcoinTalk Forum
URL: https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/451/
If the only library is closed source, then there's a project to make an open source one.
If the only library is GPL, then there's a project to make a non-GPL one.
If the best library is MIT, Boost, new-BSD or public domain, then we can stop re-writing it.
I don't question that GPL is a good license for operating systems, especially since non-GPL code is allowed to interface with the OS. For smaller projects, I think the fear of a closed-source takeover is overdone.