From: Rasputin <rasputin@...>
Date: 2003-07-10T01:29:05+09:00
Subject: Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby.

* Jim Cain <list@jimcain.us> [0740 15:40]:
> Rasputin wrote:
> >* Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> [0714 03:14]:

> >>>You are, of course, free to decline my offer. That is hardly a virus.
> >>
> >>Exactly.  The GPL does not *impose* anything.  It sets a condition upon 
> >>the use a pice of software.  You have two choices:  comply with the 
> >>conditions, or don't use it.  There is nothing viral about that.

> >The term 'viral' refers to the fact that if you want to use GPLed code, 
> >your code must become GPL. So it spreads. 
 
> They say good news travels fast, but good news is not a virus.

Yeah, but if I hear good news, I can *choose* to pass it on.

I'm not a lawyer, so I prefer BSD, because it's truly free.
It has no strings other than 'give credit where it's due'.
GPLs 'might/might not be free in your situation' is too much hassle.

If I spend the effort to write code, I think *I* should be allowed to
choose what to do with it, rather than leave that choice to the author
of a library I used. That's not free in my book.

Sorry if that's seen as a troll, let's knock this on the head now.

-- 
Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain
of being a damned fool.
		-- Bellamy Brooks
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns