> Huh? Are you saying you can't make a profit from gpl-ed code? Then why was it written to begin with? If company A can profit from it, then so can company B.
I think selling GPL'd software is a difficult proposition yes. I don't think I know of any of any GPL projects which are sold for profit (unless there's some other value-add, in which case they are selling the value-add not the GPL'd software).
> As far as licenses are concerned anyway. Time to market and network effects are probably much more important.
In a limited view of software where you're only talking about websites you're possibly correct...
There are plenty of dual licensed codebases that make a profit with no additional value add (other than not having to respect the GPL.) For example, the popular C++ gui framework JUICE[1]
I think selling GPL'd software is a difficult proposition yes. I don't think I know of any of any GPL projects which are sold for profit (unless there's some other value-add, in which case they are selling the value-add not the GPL'd software).
> As far as licenses are concerned anyway. Time to market and network effects are probably much more important.
In a limited view of software where you're only talking about websites you're possibly correct...