https://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Viral_license 2026-05-06T20:19:11Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Viral_license&diff=13989&oldid=prev 2004-09-06T16:38:06Z

<p>#REDIRECT <a href="/wiki/Share-alike" title="Share-alike">share-alike</a> - just a synonym</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:38, 6 September 2004</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">See </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[license]]s to understand the details of what is meant by a '''viral license'''.  </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#REDIRECT </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">share-alike</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This term is '''''not well defined'''' and should be avoided.  [[Microsoft]] widely uses the term '''viral''' to portray both free software and consortia as being like [[computer virus</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">creators, exploiting the confusion.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The term is also sometimes used to imply [[required reintegration]], which is the controversial requirement that [[open source]] objects to in both free software and [[Consortium license]] software.  When this is what is being discussed, it is far better to use this more specific term and not "'''viral'''".</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Some think they are two separate concerns, but they aren't:  [[required reintegration]] *is* a part of making a license viral - without it, new software under new licenses can be produced, thus making the original license not apply, and thus not viral, or "as" viral, as the original.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki_developwiki:diff:1.41:old-4994:rev-13989:php=table --> </table>

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<p><a href="/wiki/Required_reintegration" title="Required reintegration">required reintegration</a> *is* a part of making a license viral - without it, new software under new licenses can be produced, thus making the original license not apply</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:26, 24 November 2003</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See [[GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[license]]s to understand the details of what is meant by a '''viral license'''.  <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Usually this term '''''does not''''' imply [[required reintegration]], which is the controversial requirement that [[open source]] objects to in both free software and [[Consortium license]] software.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See [[GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[license]]s to understand the details of what is meant by a '''viral license'''.   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Microsoft]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">videly </del>uses the term '''viral''' to portray both free software and consortia as being like [[computer virus]] creators, it is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost always </del>better <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">not </del>use this term.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This term is '''''not well defined'''' and should be avoided.  </ins>[[Microsoft]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">widely </ins>uses the term '''viral''' to portray both free software and consortia as being like [[computer virus]] creators<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, exploiting the confusion.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The term is also sometimes used to imply [[required reintegration]], which is the controversial requirement that [[open source]] objects to in both free software and [[Consortium license]] software.  When this is what is being discussed</ins>, it is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">far </ins>better <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to </ins>use this <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">more specific </ins>term <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and not "'''viral'''".</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Some think they are two separate concerns, but they aren't:  [[required reintegration]] *is* a part of making a license viral - without it, new software under new licenses can be produced, thus making the original license not apply, and thus not viral, or "as" viral, as the original</ins>.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki_developwiki:diff:1.41:old-1821:rev-4994:php=table --> </table>

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<p>minor formatting</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:51, 24 November 2003</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See [[GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[license]]s to understand the details of what is meant by a '''viral license'''.  Usually this term ''''does not'''' imply [[required reintegration]], which is the controversial requirement that [[open source]] objects to in both free software and [[Consortium license]] software.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See [[GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[license]]s to understand the details of what is meant by a '''viral license'''.  Usually this term <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</ins>''''does not<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'</ins>'''' imply [[required reintegration]], which is the controversial requirement that [[open source]] objects to in both free software and [[Consortium license]] software.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Microsoft]] videly uses the term &#039;&#039;&#039;viral&#039;&#039;&#039; to portray both free software and consortia as being like [[computer virus]] creators, it is almost always better not use this term.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Microsoft]] videly uses the term &#039;&#039;&#039;viral&#039;&#039;&#039; to portray both free software and consortia as being like [[computer virus]] creators, it is almost always better not use this term.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki_developwiki:diff:1.41:old-1807:rev-1821:php=table --> </table>

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<p>reversing the meaning. period.</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:50, 24 November 2003</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See [[GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[license]]s to understand the details of what is meant by a '''viral license'''.  Usually this term <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">implies </del>[[required reintegration]], which is the controversial requirement that [[open source]] objects to in both free software and [[Consortium license]] software.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See [[GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[license]]s to understand the details of what is meant by a '''viral license'''.  Usually this term <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''''does not'''' imply </ins>[[required reintegration]], which is the controversial requirement that [[open source]] objects to in both free software and [[Consortium license]] software.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Because </del>[[Microsoft]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exploits the use of </del>the term '''viral''' to portray both free software and consortia as being like [[computer virus]] creators, it is almost always better <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to refer to required reintegration directly and </del>not use this term.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Microsoft]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">videly uses </ins>the term '''viral''' to portray both free software and consortia as being like [[computer virus]] creators, it is almost always better not use this term.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki_developwiki:diff:1.41:old-1806:rev-1807:php=table --> </table>

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<p>more exact reasoning why <a href="/wiki/Required_reintegration" title="Required reintegration">required reintegration</a> is the core issue and a better term to use in almost all cases than &quot;viral&quot;</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:40, 24 November 2003</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See [[GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">licenses</del>]] to understand what is '''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A Viral License</del>'''.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See [[GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">license</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s </ins>to understand <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the details of </ins>what is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meant by a </ins>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">viral license</ins>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.  Usually this term implies [[required reintegration]], which is the controversial requirement that [[open source]] objects to in both free software and [[Consortium license]] software.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Because [[Microsoft]] exploits the use of the term '''viral''' to portray both free software and consortia as being like [[computer virus]] creators, it is almost always better to refer to required reintegration directly and not use this term</ins>.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki_developwiki:diff:1.41:old-1800:rev-1806:php=table --> </table>

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<p>removed totally totally totally totally misleading redirect</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:01, 24 November 2003</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#REDIRECT </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">required reintegration</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">See </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">GPL</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and other [[free software]] [[licenses]] to understand what is '''A Viral License'''.</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki_developwiki:diff:1.41:old-1786:rev-1800:php=table --> </table>

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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>#REDIRECT [[required reintegration]]</div>

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