Julian Oliver wrote: > there is nothing intrinsically 'viral' about the GPL - a term used to > imply that GPL licensed code aggressively infects any code-base it comes > into contact with - converting it indefinitely.
But that's exactly what it does do. If you link any GPL code to your program, the whole program becomes GPL. If that's not a kind of infection, I don't know what is. It's true that a piece of GPL code won't come crashing in through your network connection and infect your code without your consent -- you have to choose to use the GPL code in the first place. But I think most people using the term "viral" w.r.t. the GPL understand that (with the possible exception of Microsoft). -- Greg _______________________________________________ Soya-user mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/soya-user
