'GPL encumbrance problems'

[Paul Howarth]

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 18:27 -0800, jdow wrote:
> From: "Mike McCarty" <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net>
> > No, GPL forces one to open everything.
> 
> Not true. It forces you to open everything that uses ANYTHING that is
> itself GPL contaminated and not purely your own work. (You can dual
> license your own work.)

I don't see what the big deal is with the GPL "encumbrance". It's just
like any other license - if you can't live with its terms, just don't
incorporate software licensed by it into your own work.

It's like seeing some whiz-bang control you might like to use if you're
a Visual Basic programmer, except that the license for the control costs
$1,000. If you don't want to pay the $1,000, you don't use the control.
What's the difference?

Paul.