[Openstreetmap] Re: OSM License and debian

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Lars Aronsson]
> No, Petter, there is no bias left in the term.

Well, I can assure you that it still give some listeners a scared look
and a feeling that they will catch some ugly disease from using
programs with viral licenses.  Because of this, it should be avoided,
as this description:

> "Viral" comes from the term "viral marketing", which is of course
> derived from virus and infection, but in marketing this term is used
> in a technical, value-neutral way.

Is not what most people think of when you claim that GPL is a viral
license.