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Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP



On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:26:04PM -0400, Jeff Maxson uttered:
> I don't think that was their point.  It is not viral in that respect, but
> it is viral in that (from what I understand) anything GPL'ed can't get
> sucked into another program without that other program being required to
> be GPL'ed as well.    Thus, everything from then on that uses that
> original code must then be GPL'ed.  Is that correct?
> 
Yes.

Trust Microsoft to say that about the GPL, but not the BSD license, as they
steal BSD code and not feel bad for it.

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                                                    Steve
Synthetic Transforming Entity Viable for Exploration and Nocturnal Killing

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