Yeah. iPhone on a train is not an ideal way to have an Internet argument.<p>My point was it complicates the business model of selling software artifacts since the GPL does not prevent downstream dissemination of the source so long as the GPL is not violated. So the fairly common business of selling a binary blob of functionality that ceases to legally be useful after the license expires falls down with GPL licensed software.<p>I suppose one might argue the GPL holds hostage a commercial software ecosystem that favors software sellers over software buyers. But well that&#x27;s really the point.<p>And I think that&#x27;s what angers people. It&#x27;s certainly the impetus behind Open Source.