From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-07-10T07:09:41+09:00
Subject: Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby.

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On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 06:19:11AM +0900, Rasputin wrote:

> Right, so you're saying because it doesn't hold a gun to my head to 
> make me use the library, it's not viral?

I didn't say that.


> That's like saying because I didn't force you to sleep with a
> prostitute, what you have can't be herpes.
> 
> Sorry, but I quite like that analogy. I'll stop if you will :)

It's a poor analogy, the GPL doesn't work like that.  This is exactly what 
I've been arguing against all along.  I liked my flu analogy better.

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