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Genetic metaphor

Genetic metaphor

Posted Oct 13, 2008 22:31 UTC (Mon) by njs (subscriber, #40338)
In reply to: Genetic metaphor by rgmoore
Parent article: LK2008: The values of the Linux community

Oh, I like that one.

Another space of positive terms to explore: tit-for-tat, fair...


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Genetic metaphor

Posted Oct 13, 2008 22:41 UTC (Mon) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link]

If you want to get into that sphere, I'd call the GPL (and other copyleft licenses) a "share and share alike" license, while the BSD (and other permissive licenses) is a "gift" license.

Genetic metaphor

Posted Oct 14, 2008 9:55 UTC (Tue) by danielpf (subscriber, #4723) [Link]

What about "equitable" ? It conveys an idea similar to "share and share alike" in one word, without being negative.

Genetic metaphor

Posted Oct 16, 2008 5:04 UTC (Thu) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link]

"Mutual" might be another suitable term.

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