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by raincole 1033 days ago
> the proprietary company will be forced to open source their entire application

Top 1 misconception about open source licenses.

GPL doesn't mean if you use the code your entire project will become GPL.

GPL means if you use the code and your project is not GPL-compatible, you are committing copyright infringement. As if you stole proprietary code. If brought to the court, it would be resolved just like other copyright infringement cases.