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by JoachimSchipper 5632 days ago
It does make it harder to make money from your work, and it's the closest you can get to that while still using a (well-known) open source license. I have no doubt that lots of people are indeed using the GPL for that purpose; look at pretty much any GPL-vs-BSD debate for further proof.

That said, yes, the GPL doesn't actually make it impossible to turn a profit.