It makes a Software more popular, so its good, but making transparent from which source you forked your project should be done? I don?t know the terms from gpl on this point.
But if lets say photo maker is very successfull. Companys see that and maybe there dont work only stupid people and they see that its a nearly 1:1 copy from the less popular original projekt. So they maybe try to make a own copy and ask the developer for 2-3 features to add because they are the most competent on that job. So they get maybe even money back form such deal. But opensource is at least by this projects not the biggest point, the biggest motivator to release software under such lisense is maybe that you want that other people can have something from your work, and maybe so that you can share work with others, on projects that are to big to do with one or very few people. So maybe somebody who uses that software finds the gpl-txt or sourcecode on the cd, and when they want some small change on the programm they just do it and then releasing their version of the programm, and the orignal project or somebody else can push from that again.
or they "share it with others because it is illigal" (they think it is ^^).
Like the potatos here in europe, the farmers first did not want to use it, but then a king told some guards to strongly watch over a small field but do some sleeping or looking away then the farmers stole it and culturated it.
But if lets say photo maker is very successfull. Companys see that and maybe there dont work only stupid people and they see that its a nearly 1:1 copy from the less popular original projekt. So they maybe try to make a own copy and ask the developer for 2-3 features to add because they are the most competent on that job. So they get maybe even money back form such deal. But opensource is at least by this projects not the biggest point, the biggest motivator to release software under such lisense is maybe that you want that other people can have something from your work, and maybe so that you can share work with others, on projects that are to big to do with one or very few people. So maybe somebody who uses that software finds the gpl-txt or sourcecode on the cd, and when they want some small change on the programm they just do it and then releasing their version of the programm, and the orignal project or somebody else can push from that again.
or they "share it with others because it is illigal" (they think it is ^^).
Like the potatos here in europe, the farmers first did not want to use it, but then a king told some guards to strongly watch over a small field but do some sleeping or looking away then the farmers stole it and culturated it.
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