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I'd go further and say it's not just big companies. I've worked for big companies and small, and they have all avoided GPL as much as possible.

It is worse, though, in larger companies. There is generally several layers more of bureaucracy to get through to be able to use GPL licensed software.

To be clear, I'm speaking of my role as a developer and using GPL software in developing proprietary software.

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I've worked for a small company and we had similar problems. It's not that you have to convince six layers of bureaucrats who have no idea what GPL is but they read in eWeek that it's scary -- it's simply that, when you're that small, long-winded consulting services from IP lawyers is not the kind of stuff you want to spend money on.

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