s713221 at student.gu.edu.au wrote: > > Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes wrote: > > > > Fri, 20 Apr 2001 20:45:46 +0200 in > > <mailman.987792402.21125.python-list at python.org>, > > Kalle Svensson <kalle at gnupung.net> spake: > > >Sez Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes [regarding the GPL]: > > >I think you've got the "virus" thing all wrong. It doesn't force you to use > > >the GPL for your programs unless they are derivative works of a program > > >licensed under the GPL. > > > > Or unless someone else makes changes to your code to integrate even a > > teensy little bit of GPL-infected code, and then your code is diseased, > > too. > > Aren't you one of the guys who doesn't want to release your code because > you're afraid people will run away with it? The way I see it, the GPL > ensures that if you decide to release code as open source, it stays > open. Just because it belongs to the open community, doesn't give others > the right to 'pirate' it for commercial closed source applications. > > Joal Heagney/AncientHart PS: I should have added, just like if you decide not to release your code as open source at a particular time, you have the right to make that decision. It all comes down to respecting others wishes about their intellectual property.
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