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softwareengineering.stackexchange.com softwareengineering.stackexchange.com
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GPL "infects" other parts of a system to combat a work-around which was used to violate the software freedom of the user, by firewalling sections of GPL'ed code from the rest of the system.
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The point of GPL licenses is to protect the user of the software, not the developer. If you want "protection" as a developer, use MIT (disclaimer of warranty). GPL "infects" other parts of a system to combat a work-around which was used to violate the software freedom of the user, by firewalling sections of GPL'ed code from the rest of the system. If you don't care about your users' software freedom in the first place, then (L)GPL is the wrong choice.
- goal: protect user rights/freedoms
- non-goal: protect developer rights/freedoms
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www.gnu.org www.gnu.org
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If any of them is missing or inadequate, the program is proprietary (nonfree)
non-free software = proprietary software
missing any of these = non-conformant license (relative to a free software license)
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Free/Open Licenses Non-free Licenses
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