OK, Daniel, let's put it this way: if you do not use something there's
nothing to like or dislike. Only usage makes it likable or dislikable. So
those who use (or consider to use) GPLed libraries do not like GPL because
it forces them to forfeit their own code.

Gennady.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera / math.umd.edu>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk / ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby.


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> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 04:52:52AM +0900, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
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> > OK, let me back up a little.
> >
> > Are you honestly saying that you don't understand
> > why people don't like the GPL?
>
> I can't imagine how I gave you that impression.
>
> I am saying that many of those people have a deep misunderstanding of the
> GPL.
>
> I know that there are many people who do understand the GPL and have good
> reasons not to like it.  I understand these reasons and this is not what I
> have been talking about.  The fact that certain people might have reasons
> not to like the GPL does not make the GPL viral.  It simply makes it a
> license that some people don't like.
>
> What I have been arguing is that the GPL is not viral.
> You might not like it, but it's still not viral.
>
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