[tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

BRM wrote:
> Even the GPL does not provide that right. If a company wanted it could
> take a 
> GPL product, make whatever changes it wanted, and distribute it internally
> to 
> itself without ever contributing back to the community as a whole.
> Likewise, it could also distribute that same project to its customers,
> making 
> the source available to them and them alone. The community will may never
> see 
> any changes from them; yet that is perfectly valid under all Open Source 
> licenses - even the GPL.
>
> Nothing forces people to work with the community. No license can do that.
> So 
> please do yourself a favor and put that notion - the myth - aside.

So basically GPL is worth nothing because no one can force anybody to
contribute back?

Is that an argument in favor of convincing developers to use the Apache
license (because they aren't getting anything back anyway) or to simply stop
contributing to Open Source projects?

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