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Yeah, but you will notice none of those are GPL projects - and my point is OSS works as a business/support/development model even outside of "monetize on support model and force a level playing field with copyleft" (eg. RedHat) - for a large number of cases it makes sense/the incentives are right even with liberal licensing.


Not true. Microsoft commits to a number of GPLed software, not the least of which being libGIT2.


Yes this is true, I meant in the context of the stuff they are opensourcing with CoreCLR, Roslyn, LLILC, ASP.NET, TypeScript and stuff.


That is why there are multiple licenses. Companies/individuals contribute under what works for their job/role/interest.

Go back an look at history, many companies are evolving towards being more open.




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