On 13-Apr-07, at 4:22 AM, Dick Davies wrote:
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.
This is by design. You can always dual license like MySQL, Sleepycat,
and a thousand others do.
--T
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/
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