On May 3, 2007, at 7:10 PM, johnf wrote:
> Refresh my memory - why is GPL a negative?
It isn't, unless you need to create closed-source software.
GPL gives you lots of freedom to use copyrighted material that you
normally wouldn't have. Its main requirement, though, is that
anything you create that benefits from those freedoms must be
released with licensing that is not any more restrictive than the
GPL. Ergo, if I use GPL-licensed software to create my proprietary
app, I have to make the source for the entire app available, and
grant my users the same rights that the GPL grants.
-- Ed Leafe
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