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The very reason why I prefer the GPL/LGPL over the BSD license, no obligation to give back/share with the community.

And the very reason I dont, I have no intention of forcing my views of what should be done with the sc onto people that might benefit from using it.

You mean distribute it, not use it.

I don't get it. What purpose do the licenses serve if the software goes unused?

You could basically say the same thing about any proprietary license.

It won't go unused by anyone who needs it and is willing to abide by the provisions of the license, same as any other software license. And there are many millions of people happily using GPL'd software every day.

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