> GPLv2 and v3 gave hobbyists, students, and anti-corporate hackers a means to feel as though their work resists the evil empire of the software industry, while in fact serving it up with unpaid work product. From the VC point of view, the GPLs break the dam on that pool of labor, flooding venture prospects with freebie technology.
That seems concerning and deeply cynical. Mostly because I worry that it may be accurate.
That seems concerning and deeply cynical. Mostly because I worry that it may be accurate.