On 13/04/07, Toby Thain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Those who promulgate the tag for whatever motive - often agencies of Microsoft - have all foundered on the simple fact that the GPL applies ONLY to MY code as licensor (*and modifications thereto*); it has absolutely nothing to say about what you do with YOUR code.
Until my code comes into contact with yours - that's the 'viral' bit. (Yes, I can aviod all contact with GPL code, just as I can stay away from someone with the flu, but it doesn't mean they don't have the flu). And it's not only Microsoft who have a problem with it - it's anyone who wants to keep their changes private for some reason. I've read embedded linux technical books that had to spend 2 chapters explaining how to tiptoe around the GPL - life is too short for that sort of rubbish. -- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns http://number9.hellooperator.net/ _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
