Another case of stupid abuse of fundamentals, "Free Software GPL", yeah right as in free to plunder, especially the intelligence of users and developers. Steve Jobs: "Good artists copy, great artists steal.", classic paradigm. I know I should not start a discussion of legality here, but this is one of the most prominent cases going well beyond anything. GPL is shooting itself in its left foot if you ask me, what outrageous stupidity. GPL is really a virus, as stated in the Wikipedia article of yours: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL#Criticism How else can there be more and even more commercialism, and misinformation, miseducation as on the web right now. And don't tell me its because of the increasing number of users, that is the true bullhog here. The clear distinction of free and unfree software from its origin has been contaminated, by its own people. FreeBSD is the only true freedom act that ever happened to all Unices. Its also the reason why everything is getting patched and cracked beyond degree out there, because its an anarchic state, people wake up. And to correct again: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation The very source of the definition my friends, and if those programs use numerous ever-never-stop-expanding-since-10-years-APPLE-APIs-of- which-iFFmpegGUI-was-using-ffmpeg-selling-it, which have their own copyrights, and license agreements, then I am in fact extending the functionality of the program, thank you no applause please. BTW nice cases of its former Hall-of-Shame here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=790316 Intelligence is conceit, wisdom is bliss. The funny thing is, its actually like the even cranker counter-part of the capitalist markets out there, almost pinpointing its weaknesses. Its not just a matter of intellectual property, its a matter of the legal-economic framework, which define the finale of politics and ideology, hence the dynamics of our future.