minus-squareehfkjrehfjer@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.world•the perfect browserlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoRedistribution only becomes an issue if you try changing the license or selling it. GPL primarily protects against businesses profiting off of it. There are use cases for both licenses. linkfedilink
minus-squareehfkjrehfjer@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.world•the perfect browserlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 days agoBecause they want to. What other reason would one need? linkfedilink
Redistribution only becomes an issue if you try changing the license or selling it. GPL primarily protects against businesses profiting off of it. There are use cases for both licenses.