On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:33 PM, David Fotland <fotl...@smart-games.com> wrote: > GPL is not infectious through looking at source code, but I didn't want any > appearance of wrongdoing. And I was put off a little by Stallman's > rhetoric. > > David >
I have mostly stayed away from GPL projects for the same reasons. Instead I preferred discussing things on the list here, occasionally asking how others do things instead of looking at source-code that is under license. Looking is not infectious. But taking code and re-write it is, even if there's little to no resemblance with the original. It's a very slippery slope what is the difference between the two and very hard to prove. I don't know Stallman myself, but I have heard from several people who had beef with him. It's not something I'd want to get into. There are probably good cases where GPL is appropriate, but most of the time it has always seemed a bit childish to me. Mark _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
