Bart Schaefer writes: > This, on the other hand, is not clear. The GPL attempts to apply to the > algorithms used in the code as well as to the literal code itself; some > people interpret this to mean that if you so much as look at a piece of > GPL'd code, you might accidentally learn something, which, if it later > affected the way you wrote some other piece of code, would mean that the > code you wrote was now also GPL'd. > > This is obviously a very paranoid interpretation, but not unheard-of.
It is not a correct understanding of the GPL. Actually, it's completely wrong. The GPL makes absolutely no claims on algorithms. What you saying is a bit odd because the FSF is completely opposed to protections on algorithms. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/savingeurope.html > None of the QT, XFree, Apache or BSD licenses is "viral" in the way that > the GPL is, so you can't really use those as examples. The GPL is not viral. It cannot "infect" your code. You must actively *copy* GPL code and *put* it into your code for the GPL to apply to the derivative work. At a later date, you could remove all of the GPL code (and any code derived from it) and then the work would no longer be required to be GPL. Dan _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
