From: Gawnsoft Date: 2003-07-11T11:27:27+09:00 Subject: Re: My brief and torrid affair with Ruby. On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:50:18 +0900, Daniel Carrera wrote (more or less): >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 08:24:17AM +0900, Gawnsoft wrote: > >> >> >GPL code imposes a condition upon its use that some people don't like. >> >> >Fine. But you are not forced to use the GPL code, hence it is not viral. >> >> >> >> If you use it in contact with your own code [and, to be be absolutely >> >> pedantic about it, choose not to break the GPL licensing terms] it >> >> spreads to your own code. >> >> >> >> Hence it is viral, in that there is an effect from contagion. >> > >> >Not it DOESN'T. That's what I've been saying all along. >> >> >> Read the 'If ... and' in my statement to which you then say 'no'. > >I have read your If statement carefully. > >Your statement is (given the assumption that you don't want to break the >GPL and that you release the code so that the GPL applies). > > if (GPL code comes in contact with yours) > Your code becomes GPL. > end > >I am saying that this is incorrect. You seem to be ignoring the 'and' part of my post... Cheers, Euan Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122 Smalltalk links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk) http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk