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Genetic metaphor

Genetic metaphor

Posted Oct 13, 2008 22:41 UTC (Mon) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)
In reply to: Genetic metaphor by njs
Parent article: LK2008: The values of the Linux community

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.


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