On 2016-06-06 20:42, John Sullivan wrote:
al3xu5 / dotcommon <[email protected]> writes:
If copyright laws didn't exist, then we would not need GPL!
GPL exists just to "circumvent" copyright...
Regards
Unfortunately that's not the case. It's true that the GPL uses the power
of copyright against copyright, but it also uses copyright to protect
users against non-copyright aggression, including EULAs and patents. If
copyright went away first, we would have no GPL (in its current
incarnation), and proprietary restrictions on software and its
distribution could still be enforced using EULAs (contracts).
-john
So to confirm: Proprietary software's EULAs are completely *independent* of
copyright? If so are EULAs just enforced as any other contract without the
power of copyright? If so, would it make any difference if software patents
also didn't exist?
Sorry I just want to understand this completely!
