@masterofthetiger@theres.life
What I mean is that GPL serves as a mechanism for the authors to be able to release their own code in a proprietary distribution while preventing others from doing the same. In other words GPL is extremely restrictive to others but those restrictions do not apply to the author.

This allows you to release a GPL open-source version, a fork which is entierly properitary as well, but prevent other authors from doing the same. This allows you to create market dominance for yourself.

This is why one of the best arguments for using GPL is for those who wish to release their software as a proprietary release as well, usually modified.

@Algot