Intel Takes Open-Source Hyperscan Development To Proprietary Licensed Software

[gnarlin]

It's far from being almost impossible to make GPL projects proprietary. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

All you said was basically: no I disagree with you, except you did it insultingly. You explained absolutely nothing. You didn't say why you think it's easy to convert a GPL project with a large number of contributers into a proprietary project without breaching the license of all those copyright holders. Maybe you are thinking of projects in which everyone has to sign away their copyright to a single entity or company in order for their patches to be merged, but that is the minority of GPL projects. I do know what I'm talking about while you said absolutely nothing of substance. Maybe your next reply will be: LOL.

[AlanTuring69]

It's far from being almost impossible to make GPL projects proprietary. You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

elaborating:

you cannot take a project which exists as GPL-licensed software and "pull the rug" away from what people are using. the GPL'd code will always be GPL'd, it's irrevocable, but you can apply a proprietary license to all new versions of your code. that almost never matters though and it will get forked if people are using it. it will have diff contributors of course but that's life. being a contributor is a commitment for as long as you're willing / being paid to contribute, and nothing more.