Re: FireFox 3 EULA

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On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 02:13:50PM +0100, Steve Searle wrote:
> Yes I agree with this.  IANAL, or an expert in licening or GNU, but
> AFAIK the GNU licence covers re-distribution, not running.  In other
> words anyone can run in without having to agree to any conditions.  But
> if you want to re-distribute it, or a deriviative of it, you do have to
> agreee to the conditions.

Right, except that it's more of a kind of reverse-logic. There is
nothing for you to agree with, in the case of the GNU GPL, since you
either do it in the ways the license provisions, or you're not authorized
to do it.

The GNU GPL can be read as an unilateral bill of rights.

:)

Rui

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