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> Such as?

You can search the web, but as an appetiser here you go: https://jfrog.com/blog/malware-civil-war-malicious-npm-packa...

> In what way?

Well, you can't bundle GPL licensed software with less restrictive one such as BSD, which is a big deal, that's why BSD and GNU/Linux are so separated in many ways. That's just one problem. It'c clear that all-or-nothing approach doesn't work in free and open source software world.

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> Well, you can't bundle GPL licensed software with less restrictive one such as BSD

Sure you can. If the result is a derivative work redistribution is subject to the terms of the GPL but you can bundle all you want.

Technically yes, you are right, in practice it's a pain because of GPL's restrictions.

No it's not, it's dead easy. What restrictions are you referring to? GPL doesn't care what you apply it to and there's no restrictions on its use. The only restrictions that would matter are those of the original licence, BSD, which is permissive.

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