i would just like to mention the following (yes, i think google rocks, when i look at where google participates in open source):<p><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2005/" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/soc/2005/</a><p><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2006/" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/soc/2006/</a><p><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2007/" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/soc/2007/</a><p><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/2008/" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/soc/2008/</a><p>if thats not enough, we can go ahead with open source OS (android, chromium, hired linux kernel devs), browsers (chrome, firefox participation), python, go language..
just out of my head of course ;)<p>on the other side we have companies that just try to conform to licenses.Atleast that's my impression.  I am wondering how open source contribution from apple or MS would look like if there where no GPL but only BSD licensed software.. (now, i'll most probably be bashed for trolling, sorry.)