“When you think of Linux, it’s hard not to give some mental
energy to the license under which the kernel is contained: the GNU
General Public License (GPL). We think it could safely be said that
no other computer license gets more coverage, more analysis, and
more fan-based support than the GPL.“A very small part of this is the fact that most of the other
computer licenses out there are simply legal variations of the
‘share this and die’ theme made so popular by Microsoft and its
ilk. And, c’mon, how exciting is that? We’d give the back of cereal
boxes more reading points than the average end user license
agreement.