Viral license: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:40, 24 November 2003 edit 142.177.81.73 (talk) more exact reasoning why required reintegration is the core issue and a better term to use in almost all cases than "viral" ← Older edit		Revision as of 20:50, 24 November 2003 edit undo 80.186.81.123 (talk) reversing the meaning. period. Newer edit →
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	See [[GPL]] and other [[free software]] [[license]]s to understand the details of what is meant by a '''viral license'''. Usually this term ~~implies~~ [[required reintegration]], which is the controversial requirement that [[open source]] objects to in both free software and [[Consortium license]] software.		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.

	~~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.		[[Microsoft]] videly uses 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.