On 2016-05-02 6:24 PM, dandl wrote: >>From a purely numerical point of view, the largest numbers would be found in > devices, eg phones, cars, TVs, clocks/timers, etc. Lots of GPL in there, but > also lots of other licences too. I have no idea how the GSM stack is > licensed, for example, but I think there are more GSM phones than instances > of Sqlite. > > And I certainly can't think of any cases where a GPL licence has been of > specific benefit in achieving wider usage, as compared to the approach taken > by Sqlite. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: sqlite-users-bounces at mailinglists.sqlite.org [mailto:sqlite-users- >> bounces at mailinglists.sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Richard Hipp >> Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2016 10:11 AM >> To: SQLite mailing list <sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> >> Subject: Re: [sqlite] SQLite vs GPLed software >> >> On 5/2/16, Scott Robison <scott at casaderobison.com> wrote: >>> I don't have an answer, but given that each linux distro of dozens or >>> hundreds of independently sourced packages has many separate instances >>> of the GPL, that would begin to eat into SQLITE'S lead. But probably >>> not enough to win. >> >> What GPLed packages are on Android? Compared to Android, all other Linux >> distros are rounding error, I think (correct me if I'm wrong). >> >> Also, what percentage of those other GPLed packages statically link > against >> SQLite?
As far as I know the vast majority of servers on the internet are Linux, and while this is less than the number of phones, I would hardly call their absolute numbers a rounding error. -- Darren Duncan
