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general public virus
(foldoc) | General Public Virus
GPV
A pejorative name for some versions of the
GNU project copyleft or General Public License (GPL),
which requires that any tools or application programs
incorporating copylefted code must be source-distributed on
the same terms as GNU code. Thus it is alleged that the
copyleft "infects" software generated with GNU tools, which
may in turn infect other software that reuses any of its code.
Copyright law limits the scope of the GPL to "programs
textually incorporating significant amounts of GNU code" so
GPL is only passed on if actual GNU source is transmitted.
This used to be the case with the Bison parser skeleton
until its licence was fixed.
(http://org.gnu.de/manual/bison/html_chapter/bison_2.html#SEC2).
[Jargon File]
(1999-07-14)
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general public virus
(jargon) | General Public Virus
n.
Pejorative name for some versions of the GNU project copyleft or
General Public License (GPL), which requires that any tools or apps
incorporating copylefted code must be source-distributed on the same
anti-proprietary terms as GNU stuff. Thus it is alleged that the copyleft
‘infects’ software generated with GNU tools, which may in turn infect other
software that reuses any of its code. The Free Software Foundation's
official position is that copyright law limits the scope of the GPL to “
programs textually incorporating significant amounts of GNU code”, and that
the ‘infection’ is not passed on to third parties unless actual GNU source
is transmitted. Nevertheless, widespread suspicion that the copyleft
language is ‘boobytrapped’ has caused many developers to avoid using GNU
tools and the GPL. Changes in the language of the version 2.0 GPL did not
eliminate this problem.
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general public virus
(foldoc) | General Public Virus
GPV
A pejorative name for some versions of the
GNU project copyleft or General Public License (GPL),
which requires that any tools or application programs
incorporating copylefted code must be source-distributed on
the same terms as GNU code. Thus it is alleged that the
copyleft "infects" software generated with GNU tools, which
may in turn infect other software that reuses any of its code.
Copyright law limits the scope of the GPL to "programs
textually incorporating significant amounts of GNU code" so
GPL is only passed on if actual GNU source is transmitted.
This used to be the case with the Bison parser skeleton
until its licence was fixed.
(http://org.gnu.de/manual/bison/html_chapter/bison_2.html#SEC2).
[Jargon File]
(1999-07-14)
|
general public virus
(jargon) | General Public Virus
n.
Pejorative name for some versions of the GNU project copyleft or
General Public License (GPL), which requires that any tools or apps
incorporating copylefted code must be source-distributed on the same
anti-proprietary terms as GNU stuff. Thus it is alleged that the copyleft
‘infects’ software generated with GNU tools, which may in turn infect other
software that reuses any of its code. The Free Software Foundation's
official position is that copyright law limits the scope of the GPL to “
programs textually incorporating significant amounts of GNU code”, and that
the ‘infection’ is not passed on to third parties unless actual GNU source
is transmitted. Nevertheless, widespread suspicion that the copyleft
language is ‘boobytrapped’ has caused many developers to avoid using GNU
tools and the GPL. Changes in the language of the version 2.0 GPL did not
eliminate this problem.
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