An eternity because of the stigma that comes with confusing the old "free speech" not "free beer" argument and people attempting to defend their IP fruitlessly.<p>Meanwhile, I visited China on business. CEO of a very profitable startup explained to me that the lack of IP laws and copyright has actually caused a boom in open source culture. They know that if they release something, their product will be shared and adapted anyhow, so why not just ship a product that's essentially unlocked to begin with.
12-ish person dev team: CTO has a filter on copyleft licenses for projects intended for distribution. And I don't blame him.<p>I've been warning the other new people since I've been asked. I'm also new-ish.