[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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