>Why not GPL? That would ensure no competing platform could grab it and run.
Not that I don't like GPL, but why would HP care at this point? They just took their only viable product and said "Whatever". They act like they have an interest in licensing webOS. Ha! How long have they been shopping licensing? Even if it is true, they've just coated it in a nice splash of red paint.
The GPL would ensure their competitors can't keep their improvements to themselves. But I agree - the odds of a former SAP kahuna understanding how to leverage open-source are very close to zero.
Not that I don't like GPL, but why would HP care at this point? They just took their only viable product and said "Whatever". They act like they have an interest in licensing webOS. Ha! How long have they been shopping licensing? Even if it is true, they've just coated it in a nice splash of red paint.