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Adel Abushaev <adel.abush...@gmail.com> writes: > GPL is viral, one drop of it will make everything else GPL, especially > when you redistribute the code. Please try to avoid using words like "viral" when describing the GPL. The GPL does not somehow infect the code that you write. It only imposes requirements on distribution of your code when linked with GPL code written by other people. This is no more "viral" than, e.g., linking with a proprietary library which requires royalty payments for use. Mark Mielke <m...@mark.mielke.cc> writes: > On 07/23/2009 11:28 PM, graham_k wrote: >> Can someone tell me definitively - if I use a ten line GPLed function, say >> quicksort, in 500,000 lines of code which I write myself, do I need to GPL >> all of my source code and make the ode free for all? >> > > If you want a definitive answer you should contact a lawyer. Good advice, especially since some of your other comments are incorrect. The notion of "derived work" is based on copyright law, and it doesn't mean what you think it does. Again, please send replies directly to me or to gnu-misc-discuss. I wanted to follow up briefly on this thread to make sure that people reading the archives do not think that the statements expressed here are accepted facts. You must judge for yourself. Ian
