>This line of thought falls into the incorrect notion that just using a GPL program or linking to it with another application will immediately force you to chan

>This line of thought falls into the incorrect notion that just using a GPL program or linking to it with another application will immediately force you to change the license of your product to GPL, too. Most people understand these days that this is wrong, though every once in a while this FUD still pops up, amazingly. This is believable, unfortunately, because of Stallman's rants against proprietary software. They are easier to read and understand than the actual GPL, so too many people get their ideas of the GPL from the rants rather than doing the work of reading and understanding the license.