On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:29:29 +0900, Daniel Carrera
<dcarrera / math.umd.edu> wrote (more or less):

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>On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 07:22:23AM +0900, Gawnsoft wrote:
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>> >GPL code imposes a condition upon its use that some people don't like.  
>> >Fine.  But you are not forced to use the GPL code, hence it is not viral.
>> 
>> If you use it in contact with your own code [and, to be be absolutely
>> pedantic about it, choose not to break the GPL licensing terms] it
>> spreads to your own code.
>> 
>> Hence it is viral, in that there is an effect from contagion.
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>Not it DOESN'T.  That's what I've been saying all along.


Read the 'If ... and' in my statement to which you then say 'no'.


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   Euan
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