(dropping people who reads mentors)
> Yes, that is a good point and it certainly proves that GPL would work >in this regard; but what about the other two issues: I guess so > Now this is an additional restriction: you need to provide everything >that is necessary to run your software under an OSS based system (with >exceptions given for the kernel modules). I think this is a GPL-3 restriction, if you mean "Tivoization" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization (and this is a good reason to stay away from GPL-3) >> Another issue is that I do not want to 'register' i.e. sell my >> personal data to a company I do not trust just in order to fetch >> their GPL-ed sources. > >also not part of GPL. what? sorry I don't follow this sentence ;) G.