From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-07-10T08:10:18+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: GPL - was Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby.

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From: "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: OT: GPL - was Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby.


> The problem is that some people *do* believe that the license reproduces 
> itself and can inadvertedly jump into your program if you are not 
> careful.  Certain people at Microsfot have said exactly that, and some 
> people believe it.

Very interesting if true. I've never heard that anyone
*really* believes that a license can sneak into a 
project.

Hmm, should we extend Godwin's law to include Microsoft?
:)

Hal

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