[License-discuss] FAQ entry (and potential website page?) on "why standard licenses"?

[Nuno Brito]

> Note that the GPL is one of the "least-understood" licenses around,
> even by some of its supporters who make the most outrageous claims
> about linking. :-)

 From professional experience I see some non-GPL supporters top the 
charts in outrageous claims about GPL and linking. A particularly 
interesting case started with "it's just a little bit" on a dialog and 
then accounted a third of the external resources adopted by a 
proprietary product as GPL. So I guess we can find examples in both 
sides.

If we are looking for a replacement to "standard" (which in my opinion 
seemed reasonable when explained and used within a specific context), 
then I'd guess even "notorious" could become a candidate on a voting 
poll if the intention is to find an accurate term that encompasses these 
licenses.


With kind regards,
Nuno Brito
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