1. Neither the court of public opinion, nor its close relative of trial in the media, are ineffective, antisocial, or illegal.

2. Like Democracy, the GPL is not perfect, on several levels. Like Democracy, its as good it gets, and worth fighting for.

3. Business is business, while programmers and Internet people hear other tunes. Their temperament and training, both, minimize business ability; the community is not quick & clever to recognize either good or bad business practice.

Business, though, like the military, is something most any dog or pony can gradually be trained to, unlike computer-savvy, which is heavily inborn and poorly acquired or instilled. Like a temperament for music, some have it; others marvel.

People like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerburg, the Apple personalities and others, are intensively worked on the business-anvil, grind-stone & hearth, just because of their singular position. Even without natural business-talent, they go on to become demi-gods of the computer & Web industry, business-wise. Small-fry Web-biz players lack the immersion in real business-culture, to get the big-picture.

It is what it is. It is part of the strong-leader (benevolent dictator (for life)) pattern so noticeable in IT. Those who put on the suit, or salute, readily savvy this reality, while rand-and-file tech-players stray into traffic like toddlers.