On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 04:30:29PM +1000, Steve Kowalik wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:26:04PM -0400, Jeff Maxson uttered: > > I don't think that was their point. It is not viral in that respect, but > > it is viral in that (from what I understand) anything GPL'ed can't get > > sucked into another program without that other program being required to > > be GPL'ed as well. Thus, everything from then on that uses that > > original code must then be GPL'ed. Is that correct? > > > Yes. > > Trust Microsoft to say that about the GPL, but not the BSD license, as they > steal BSD code and not feel bad for it.
Well the BSD license is a completely different animal than the GPL, it really is the ultimate give-away license without GPL's sting in the tail. You cannot steal what is given away ! Cliff
