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Drawbacks to the GPL

  • Scope of inheritance feature unclear

    • “part of the same Program” language not clear
    • many discussions on the effect of static linking, dynamic linking, etc.

  • Inheritance feature unacceptable to many, both in the commercial and open source worlds

  • Other terms difficult for commercial players

  • GPL is not written as a modern software license