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title: The trend towards permissive licensing
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# The trend towards permissive licensing

[![](https://kaspars.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/GPLdecline.png?strip=all&quality=90&resize=472,245 "GPLdecline")](http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2011/06/06/the-trend-towards-permissive-licensing/)

— [451 CAOS Theory » The trend towards permissive licensing](http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2011/06/06/the-trend-towards-permissive-licensing/)

> It is worth noting that the number of projects using the GPL licenses **has increased in real terms** over the past few years. According to our calculations based on Black Duck’s figures, the number of GPLv2 projects rose 5.5% between June 2009 and June 2011, while the total number of open source projects grew over 16%.

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