Large corporations like the hate on the #GPL even though it has brought them big benefits. #Linux would be nowhere near what it is without the GPL. I always saw #Google's #Fuchsia kernel as their effort to get out of the GPL, since it would replace the Linux kernel. There was even media hype to that effect. Now I'm happy to see that Google is no longer supporting #Chrome on Fuchsia. I see this as a win for #FreeSoftware
https://9to5google.com/2024/01/15/google-is-no-longer-bringing-the-full-chrome-browser-to-fuchsia/
@eighthave
In my experience it's mostly GPLv3 that's a problem, GPLv2 has been OK everywhere I've worked thus far
@fvbever #AOSP's policy is Apache-2.0, with only case-by-case exceptions: https://source.android.com/docs/setup/about/licenses
So #Google clearly does not want GPLv2 there either. Plus a big part of #BigTech's development model is building proprietary software that is mostly community-maintained free software. That's harder to do with any #GPL license.
