In all fairness that isn't true. "Viral" and "cancer" are catchy memes but the GPL doesn't just inexplicably leap to software that is sat next to it minding it

In all fairness that isn't true. "Viral" and "cancer" are catchy memes but the GPL doesn't just inexplicably leap to software that is sat next to it minding its own business. The GPL is inheritance, not contagion. But it's difficult to talk smack about that without sounding even creepier.