Ah, but if someone does swipe GPL code, and we do find out, we either get a new GPL'ed app, or we sue them. It's a different mindset.
Personally, I'd be a little offended if I were working on a project and ended up having my code used by a big corporation who out-marketed my product and left me in the dust. That's what the BSD-style licens allows for that I don't like.
(hence, MacOS X. As far as I'm concerned, if Steve Jobs wants a UNIX, he can try to write it himself, but that's not the BSD opinion... It's also why you aren't going to see 'Microsoft Linux')
Meanwhile, if people do contribute code back to a BSD project, that's great. Just because it isn't GPL'ed, doesn't mean it's bad, I'm a big fan of WINE.:) I just wouldn't want a BSD-style license on an entire operating system.
Why I choose Linux (Score:1)
Personally, I'd be a little offended if I were working on a project and ended up having my code used by a big corporation who out-marketed my product and left me in the dust. That's what the BSD-style licens allows for that I don't like.
(hence, MacOS X. As far as I'm concerned, if Steve Jobs wants a UNIX, he can try to write it himself, but that's not the BSD opinion... It's also why you aren't going to see 'Microsoft Linux')
Meanwhile, if people do contribute code back to a BSD project, that's great. Just because it isn't GPL'ed, doesn't mean it's bad, I'm a big fan of WINE.