A new source of anti-GPL FUD

A new source of anti-GPL FUD

Posted Nov 21, 2003 16:54 UTC (Fri) by jre (guest, #2807)
Parent article: A new source of anti-GPL FUD

I expect you asked them something like the following:

"It goes without saying that your firm advises its clients to read and understand the licenses attached to any and all source code they might intend to use. In the case of a license more restrictive than the GPL, the consequences of willful license violation might be far more severe than the destruction of a product's 'commercial value.' The GPL, like any license, acts as an instrument of the author's intent -- in this case, that the software should be reused freely by others. In no way does the GPL act to subvert or thwart a user's intent -- unless, of course, that user intends to appropriate the GPL-licensed software and use it in knowing violation of the original author's desires. Given this, isn't it a bit extreme to describe the GPL as 'viral'?"

It will be interesting to see how they respond.

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