What strawman? The GPL has been one of the drivers of the success of Linux and copyright is what makes that work.
You still haven't articulated how that's restrictive.
You still haven't articulated how that's restrictive.
I did not bring up Linux, much less called it bad, yet you made up a strawman and started attacking it. Good day.
A license in isolation isn't interesting. The practical results of projects under a license is interesting.
Linux is a very successful practical result under the GPL and copyright makes the GPL work. Without copyright the GPL would be unenforceable.
Without copyright, the GPL would be unnecessary.
It really is one of those "without law you cannot have freedom" things.