[Openstreetmap] Re: OSM License and debian
David Cantrell
david at cantrell.org.uk
Thu May 26 10:50:24 BST 2005
Lars Aronsson wrote:
> Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
>>[Alex Willmer]
>>> 2. Viral (ie GPL/Sharealike)
>> Your use of 'viral' here indicate a certain bias.
> No, Petter, there is no bias left in the term. "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.
This discussion is not about marketing, but about software/data
licences. To everyone apart from marketroids, "viral" is a loaded term.
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