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That is also an excellent and important question.

Questions like that led to the GPL. They have led to other innovations as well. Yes, some people are always trying to figure a way around GPL and around every other well-intentioned thing. But still, BSD, MIT, MPL, and lots of other efforts have allowed the world to have and preserve some amazing things. And we need to keep asking those questions and keep coming up with spectacular answers.

Every great answer allows us to iterate better and better on what this world can be. Every great answer starts with a great question.



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