Copyleft Is Dying

My _eyes_ are dying.

Thanks reader view!

One point that doesn't get discussed here is that today, a copyleft-licensed project has little impact, unless it already has a massive amount of code that's difficult to replicate: with more developers today than 20 years ago, it becomes more of a possible and desirable option to fully clone/rewrite something (with a twist/different marketing angle) if there is some resistance in the initial project, and there is enough capital/will/time to invest into remaking it.

It does not gravitates around the license alone, but also how the collaboration works (how are contributions, communication, marketing, funding managed?).