[azipa] Torvalds responds to Microsoft

[Trent Shipley]

This is true you can license your own property under pretty much any terms
you please.

However, most GPL software relies on other GPL software.  Since the GPL is
viral doesn't this mean that if your software is infected by GPL that you
are then restricted from offering anyone else license terms that exclude the
terms of the GPL?

> You're right, however, in that the GPL is a license that requires
> acceptance
> of it in order to use it. Same as proprietary systems. With a
> company you're
> welcome to try to negotiate a way around the normal limitations. Same with
> GPL and the holder of the copyright the GPL is licensing.