But that just isn't a problem, because the worth of the software isthe free codebase, not the proprietary changes. Consider Apache, *BSD,WebKit, etc, all of which have seen proprietary vendory-specific implementations and none of which have suffered long-term as a consequence.Erm, the code hasn't, but the willingness of investors to invest certainly has!
I don't believe you. Actually I picked these examples specifically because they are seeing widespread corporate interest. BSD is a large part of the core of Mac OS X. Other parts, such as Mach, have similarly unrestrictive licenses. Webkit forms the basis, not just for the Safari browser, but also the core of Android (which, again, has an unrestrictive license).
Freedom works, bitches.
I think this point is better made when the freedom in question is unrestricted -- yes, even do to objectionable things -- because the predicted disastrous consequences usually don't happen.
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