On 30/12/2012 3:38, Jiri B wrote:
My understanding of GPL after a presetantion of a company selling products based on GDL code is that is is also a good for business - if you use GPL you somehow restrict your competitors that use this code in their products without giving their improvements back to public, so using GPL you try to beat your competitors... This is my interpretation of GPL based business for enterprises.
Well, not necessarily. Android, for example, is under Apache license for the reason I exposed before: third party manufacturers can release binary only code based on the original one and improve it. Furthermore, it sets the basis for allowing third party applications or mods that can be completely closed source. I can't think of this model being such successful using a GPLv3 license.
The thing here is that Google has such a good tech that can keep the lead on it, and even if other do that Google gets money because they are a services based company.
