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Because I also value developer freedom. In fact, as a developer, I might value it even higher than user freedom. I've had the irritating experience of finding a good library that's GPL'ed and that I therefore cannot use. Copyleft is great for users and awful for developers. As much as some people hate to hear it, there are industries in which it is not viable to release the source to one's product and remain competitive.


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