Containers, the GPL, and copyleft: No reason for concern (opensource.com)

Richard Fontana explores the intersection of containers and copyleft licensing on opensource.com. "One imperfect way of framing the question is whether GPL-licensed code, when combined in some sense with proprietary code, forms a single modified work such that the proprietary code could be interpreted as being subject to the terms of the GPL. While we haven’t yet seen much of that concern directed to Linux containers, we expect more questions to be raised as adoption of containers continues to grow. But it’s fairly straightforward to show that containers do not raise new or concerning GPL scope issues."

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