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Viral GPL Misconceptions Elegantly Explained

Posted by simoniker on from the outbreak-of-gnu dept.

Scot W. Stevenson writes "Our favorite paralegal Pamela Jones of Groklaw has put together a short FUD-killer on the General Public License that explains why you can't lose your proprietary code if you inadvertently incorporate GPL code. This is not the only text of its kind, but it is so well explained that you might want to bookmark the page for future reference."

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  1. Acronyms by Pingular · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For those of you who don't know

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    When anger rises, think of the consequences.
    Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
  2. Re:WARNING: /. logs and abuses Anonymous tsarkon by Narchie+Troll · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This isn't news to anyone. Do you have a better method of preventing people from posting and moderating in the same thread? "Post Anonymously" only keeps your name out of the public spotlight. That's it.

    Now go in the closet and hang yourself and beat off until you're blue in the face.