...and you are right but I have some comments...
"Consider that if you think you need to hire a lawyer to work with the GPL, you're probably doing something against the wishes of those who created the software."
I disagree here. If you are working in a large coporate setting and millions of dollars are st stake it would make perfect sense to consult a lawyer when working with GPL code, or for that matter *any* code that you will be attaching a license to and distributing. Some businesses go as far as barring their programmers from even *looking* at GPL'd code be they are so scared ****less about being "infected" by the GPL.
"I have definitely known open source projects to get into messes where they want to combine GPL'd software with software covered under other open source licenses and haven't been able to do it. It seems that this area is one that is getting a lot of scrutiny in GPLv3, currently under review. Hopefully this will become less of an issue in the future."
Knowing RMS, I hightly doubt if this will get better. In fact, I would suprise me one bit if it got even worse. You are being pragmatic. I hardly consider RMS a pragmatic thinker when it comes to software licensing.
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