"Steve Teale" <steve.te...@britseyeview.com> wrote in message news:j7v048$1ut1$1...@digitalmars.com... > I'd never seen it before - maybe I lead a sheltered life. > > GPL: "Free as in Herpes" > > Doesn't that just hit the nail on the head.
Indeed, I have always thought of GPL'd code similarly (think leprosy). I don't want to touch it, see it, or get near it and I don't want to be around other people who have either, for I don't want my pristine, virgin code to become infected. Maybe someday there will be a cure for GPL and those who have been exposed/infected can then be free of the taint put upon them.