@Steinar @jwildeboer can we not use the word "viral" to describe "copyleft"?
It's a Microsoft-invented term to make copyleft licenses sound bad.
Language matters.
@rysiek If any licenses are viral its proprietary ones. @Steinar @jwildeboer
@pettter @rysiek @Steinar @jwildeboer sorry, I don't understand. Are you hinting that proprietary licenses are viral?
@paoloredaelli In any sense that copyleft licenses are viral, so are proprietary ones, and often more.
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@pettter @paoloredaelli The whole "viral" argument is IMHO planted by proprietary vendors long ago to attack FOSS. It is a term that should never be used it only helps "them".
@jwildeboer @pettter I know, I'm aware of that FUD. A license that solidly protects user rights is persistent, like GPL, LGPL and AGPL.