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First new year's resolution, 10 days late: I will use 'hereditary license' any time I am tempted to say 'viral license.'
Wednesday, 11-Jan-12 00:44:19 UTC from feed- Evan Prodromou and Christopher Allan Webber like this.
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thanks! ♻ @tieguy: First new year's resolution, 10 days late: I will use 'hereditary license' any time I am tempted to say 'viral license.'
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@tieguy which license condition gives 50% probability of applicability to adaptations? ;-)
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I always thought reciprocal a reasonably accurate+neutral term, but sadly actual uses of term all problematic.
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@mlinksva give back (reciprocity) != pass on (copyleft)
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How about "Ebola license"? Let's scare the hell out of the bastards.
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Attila Ginormous Plague License
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@Evan Your Ebola licence will initially have a quicker uptake but in the end be less popular than the hereditary one.
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@fontana that was one of the 3 problematic uses off the top of my head. Pass along sounds like enforcement not necessary.
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@clacke passing (genes|goods|rights) on to descendants is inheritance; how does transitivity model “a is copyleft => so is a'”?
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I agree 'hereditary' is correct in principle, as is, arguably, 'viral', but I think connotations of both are confusing and/or !disturbing.
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Hey, that is good! I've been using "transitive" instead of "viral". "Hereditary" is interesting.
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transitivity: license A applies to work B, work B is parent of work C => A applies to C. I realize 'applies to' and 'pa…
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@rms finds no help in object orientation, so it's not inheritance ;)
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What's wrong with share-alike?
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