I'm sorry but in the context of this "A vs B" discussion, anyone with sense knows exactly what point of distinction I'm talking about and perhaps my choice of words is because I don't want to give in to the FSF's chosen term of Copyleft but perhaps I didn't want to be completely incendiary in the discussion and call it what it is, a viral license, either.

You're both just choosing to be pedantic about it. I was just trying to be nice, but I guess that's not possible.

Also, from this wikipedia article here [1]: "The Free Software Foundation has related but distinct criteria for evaluating whether or not a license qualifies software as free software. Most free software licenses are also considered open-source software licenses." According to them, A does not always equal B here.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_license

> You're both just choosing to be pedantic about it. I was just trying to be nice, but I guess that's not possible.

Sorry, I had no intention of being rude; I just dislike the misconception that permissive licenses are not Free Software, because it turns people who dislike copyleft against the whole concept.

Hey, fair enough. I get ya, even. I think the copyleft folks have gone to lengths to co-opt the term "Free Software" to mean their thing and I'm fine to let them have it.

I'd like to see folks get more educated about what their license options are and the implications of using them in general.