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> GPL is a theoretical idea that doesn't work in the real world

GPL has been working in the real world for the past 36 years.

> No one really cares if they have access to their refrigerator's source code.

I do, and believe it should be mandatory to open source such code. Proprietary code is an immense security risk.

> why they aren't more popular is because they are often licensed with GPL

There's no evidence of this whatsoever. You can't prove or disprove such an assertion.



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