Originally posted by litfan
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Many "enterprise" uses of open source software will find GPLv3 to be HIGHLY practical.
Imagine the scenario where your customers are highly technical. Your product is something INTENDED for customization. You write up something special for your customers to use, and want to make sure that your COMPETITORS can't tivoize your software into THEIR hardware, which is something that their application of your fancy features would require. In this example, you would pick GPLv3 because it both makes the code available for your customers, and makes it UNUSABLE to your competitors. Now instead of their customers being able to get your features on their hardware, they HAVE to go to you. GPLv3 = profit++.
Every license has its place.
Every scenario is different.
You pick the license that makes the most sense for YOUR application.
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