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Yes, we need. I call it "indie OSS" vs "Company OSS".



GPL contra the rest of OSS licenses seems to map to this divide fairly well, don't you think? My impression is that Corporate legal seems to not like GPL, at all. So next one, make it GPL.


There are probably some parallels here with music; some people produce (and may collaborate on) music for pure enjoyment and the craft, and at the same time there are large businesses that have industrialized music creation.




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