[Haskell-cafe] containers license issue

[Clint Adams]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:11:28PM -0800, Chris Smith wrote:
> Well, actual legal advice comes from actual lawyers, who often want actual
> money.

That's true.  However, haskell.org's fiscal sponsor receives pro bono
legal services.

> I'm interested in what you saw as "anti-copyleft FUD" though.  That the
> code might be subject to the GPL and that caused problems?  That's the only
> thing that did come from a lawyer.  And it's really the only negative thing
> I saw about the GPL in this thread.

I may have been conflating threads, though the response to what I assume
was just a lawyer asking a question seems excessive too.