Comment by jhatemyjob
11 hours ago
> those were to allay fears of my partners to allow me to make the gift
I respect Carmack so much more now. I always scratched my head why he made Quake GPL. It was such a waste. Now it doesn't matter anymore. I so thankful copyleft is finally losing its teeth. It served its purpose 30 years ago, we don't need it anymore.
Corporate lawyers for id wanted GPL iirc
that's more or less what carmack said in the tweet in the OP, no?