{
"subject": "Re: Switch to GPL",
"content": {
"format": "html",
"body": "<div class=\"post\">If the only library is closed source, then there's a project to make an open source one.<br/><br/>If the only library is GPL, then there's a project to make a non-GPL one.<br/><br/>If the best library is MIT, Boost, new-BSD or public domain, then we can stop re-writing it.<br/><br/>I don't question that GPL is a good license for operating systems, especially since non-GPL code is allowed to interface with the OS. For smaller projects, I think the fear of a closed-source takeover is overdone.<br/></div>"
},
"source": {
"name": "Bitcoin Forum",
"url": "https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=989.msg12494#msg12494"
},
"date": "2010-09-12T19:24:53Z"
}