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> GPL is not a virus that will force your code open without your consent. That would only be true if Thesis was not distributed to the public. Since it is and
by sigzero 16y ago
> GPL is not a virus that will force your code open without your consent.
That would only be true if Thesis was not distributed to the public. Since it is and it has GPL'd code in it, it must be GPL'd itself.
- ryanpetrich 16y agoHypothetical: What happens if the agent that distributed the code to the public wasn't authorized to do so? My view is that GPL infringements are no different than regular copyright infringements—the owner of the copyright is entitled to damages awarded by a court or an out of court settlement of some kind. This may or may not include GPL'ing the derivative work.
- alain94040 16y agoWrong. Please read my original answer again carefully. You are falling in exactly the myth I'm trying to debunk.