I think that the topic is too complicated. Too many developers not firmly on the FOSS-side simply follow the FUD, or they follow their lawyer's [typically overly risk-averse] lead when saying to steer away, or when the virality is described elsewhere. The knowledge that even GPL2-definition of virality for linked code is debatable (what exactly is linked code, what does being part of something mean exactly? To not get started with derived work), what GPL3 means in this context, and that the court's decisions in different jurisdictions are not straightforward is simply not there. Thus downvotes, as you saw.
The questions with the monorepo and having code checked in is the perfect example.
On the other hand, it is understandable. In a crazy jurisdiction like the US where Oracle can win with absurdly claiming copyright on Java-APIs I can understand everyone trying to minimize risk.
The questions with the monorepo and having code checked in is the perfect example.
On the other hand, it is understandable. In a crazy jurisdiction like the US where Oracle can win with absurdly claiming copyright on Java-APIs I can understand everyone trying to minimize risk.