On 7/14/05, Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We're discussing two different things then. If the click wrap can be > > removed from the program, then I submit that it is not mandatory, nor > > a requirement of "actual manifestation of assent." It's merely a > > dialog box that the author happened to have placed into their program > > because they felt it would be nice to have people click on a button. > > Ah, agreement! Fantastic. There are some semantic differences between us, > but nothing worth quibbling over. Obviously the GPL prohibits a pop-up which > cannot be removed by a later distributor. My only contention was that as a > distributor, if I wanted extra assurance that those I was distributing to saw > the GPL, that I could have it pop up in my distributions.
Sure enough, they _saw_ it. But that doesn't mean they _accepted_ it even if the button says "I accept" -- because its very text says that they don't have to accept it to use the software. Cheers, - Michael