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by smsm42 4666 days ago
However, the downside is that if there's not enough developers to make the software on GPL terms, the users don't have freedom to use the software because there's no software worth using. Of course, it's not true for many GPLed projects, but may be true for some.

As for being malicious, I don't see how GPL adds anything to any other open source license.