Remove the heaping pile of shit known as the GPL and replace with...

A simpler license that demands source code be given away, very similar to a BSD license but restricted in the sense that code is to be shipped with binaries. In other words it's a restricted BSD license. That's right Dick Stallman, your license is a restricted license not a free one. 
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