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Not "viral". Try "Protective" (vs. "permissive").

Not "viral". Try "Protective" (vs. "permissive").

Posted Oct 16, 2008 18:36 UTC (Thu) by dwheeler (guest, #1216)
In reply to: Properties of the GPL leading to wider use by danielpf
Parent article: LK2008: The values of the Linux community

A common term for GPL-like licenses is "protective"; in contrast, BSD-like licenses are often termed "permissive".

For example, see: http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/floss-license-slide.html.


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