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Yeah, what's the point of creating a great, mobile focused alternative (or enhancement, however you'd like to describe it) to SSH if no one will implement it on iOS because it's GPLv3?

If a company want to create a proprietary client, they can always do that. They simply has to pay programmers to do the work, rather then freeload on the work of a research university.

Alternative they could collaborate with the research community, adding to the common knowledge in computer science and security on a deal where everyone share in access. For security and encryption software, I find this deal to be quite necessary for everyone involved and are thus glad with projects license choice.

Using proprietary software for security is a no-go.