I wonder what kind of world we would have if GNU were completely defeated, if no one released anything under the GPL anymore. Sure, free software would still exist, but nobody would call it &quot;free software&quot; and no one would prevent anyone else from creating non-free derivatives. Nearly all software would be &quot;open core&quot;, with some free software here and there but with many or most of the interesting components non-free.<p>We&#x27;re already very close to that world. Many people seem happy to see GNU losing ground every day. For myself, I am not sure that we are working towards the best possible future, but I&#x27;m not even sure what that future should be.