Actually, it doesn't. That was cleared up in about 5 minutes.
GPL applications/tools can be included in commercial software, as long as the GPL-required text files are included, and it is *clear* that you are paying for the commercial code, not the GPL code.
id/Valve's problem was they didn't include all the text files (they included the license file, but not the copying.txt file and a couple others) - that wasn't a GPL violation, it was just asshollery.
They included the files with a recent update, and it's all fixed now.
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Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel
"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right, Boo?"
GPL applications/tools can be included in commercial software, as long as the GPL-required text files are included, and it is *clear* that you are paying for the commercial code, not the GPL code.
id/Valve's problem was they didn't include all the text files (they included the license file, but not the copying.txt file and a couple others) - that wasn't a GPL violation, it was just asshollery.
They included the files with a recent update, and it's all fixed now.
--
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel
"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right, Boo?"