On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:17:43 +0000, Ed Jensen wrote: > Whereas including > one line of GPL code into your 10,000,000,000 line project can have > disasterous consequences (which I find ridiculous)
If you think that's disastrous, just try using one line of proprietary code in your 10,000,000,000 line project without permission. Or for that matter, one line of BSD code without living up to your obligations under the BSD licence. That's what is is really about, not the presence or absence of lines of code. If you can't or won't live up to your obligations under the licence, then you have no business using the code in your project. And no, it isn't too obvious to mention -- all the nonsense talk about the GPL being viral misses the point that *any* unauthorized code can and will poison your entire project if you get caught. Anyone who thinks the GPL is unique in that regard is deluding themselves. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list