[hota_mazi]

Calling it cancer is probably going too far. I think a more apt analogy is that it's a virus. A very contagious one.

Whether you agree with what that virus is propagating or not is a separate discussion.

My personal experience working in this industry for 30 years is that the GPL (and even some of its derivatives) has been pretty much universally banned in every single company I've worked at or know of.

[dispose13432]

>Calling it cancer is probably going too far. I think a more apt analogy is that it's a virus. A very contagious one.

No more contagious than the license you're probably imposing on your clients.

[hota_mazi]

Er... what? I don't have clients, I don't have a license. What are you talking about?

[michaelmrose]

Virus is also a pretty bad analogy. The privilege of using gpl software as part of your software is bought with trade in kind instead of cash.

You have to make that trade willingly. You can't be infected. I don't think that you have thought this through and invite you to do so.