[LINK] GPL, BSD, and NetBSD - why the GPL rocketed Linux to success

[Deus Ex Machina]

Kim Holburn [kim at holburn.net] wrote:
> Interesting article on why the GPL has made linux so successful.
> 
> http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2006/09/01/#gpl-bsd
> 
> >I think there is one primary reason Linux-based systems completely  
> >dominate the *BSDs' market share - 

this is false. bsd licenced unix outstrips linux. the article should be
titled why has gpl slowed down the adoption of linux, not the other way around.
the answer is pretty self evident.

Vic