From that comment: >The GPL is infectious; any code that uses a GPL library automatically becomes GPL as well. Wrong. Developers make a conscious decision to

From that comment: >The GPL is infectious; any code that uses a GPL library automatically becomes GPL as well. Wrong. Developers make a conscious decision to use a GPL licensed library. Their code does not "automatically" become GPL against their will. Licenses are not viral. It's a nasty, pejorative term used to attack copyleft.