This headline is a bit sensationalist. His tweet at the end says -
"I'm still supportive of lots of GPL work, but I don't think the restrictions helped in this particular case."
He also says - "but tons of opportunities to just copy-paste-modify were lost due to license concerns".
It appears that the goal John was shooting for was to have as broad an impact by having the code being reused in as many situations as possible. On this metric, yes BSD would have been a superior choice.
He also says - "but tons of opportunities to just copy-paste-modify were lost due to license concerns".
It appears that the goal John was shooting for was to have as broad an impact by having the code being reused in as many situations as possible. On this metric, yes BSD would have been a superior choice.