Not quite. If you were to argue that a EULA is not valid because you didn't sign it, fine. If a court of law agrees with you, then you are scott free.
If you were to argue that the GPL is not valid because you didn't sign
it, fine. If a court of law agrees with you, you can then be sued for
copyright infringement if you distribute copies.
See the difference?
If you do not wish to be bound by the GPL or a EULA, then that is your
right, but in either case, you must still act in accordance with
copyright law.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 04:51:32PM -0600, Steve Dibb wrote:
> My point wasn't so much the differences in the licensing, but rather the
> approach to, in my mind, unbinding contracts based solely on the ethics
> of the user.
>
> GPL, MS EULA or otherwise, if it's not signed, in my mind, it's not
> legal.
Great. Then you do not have permission to redistribute the original
or a derivative of the original code.
> So it seems to me that ignoring MS's EULAs and adhering to the
> GPL would be a principle of select morality - i.e. I do what I think is
> right, when I agree with the goal's of the proposed license.
Then don't use Microsoft's software. That way, you don't have to
worry about accepting or rejecting their EULA at all. This is a truly
liberating approach.
> So, it kind of comes off funny to me when there are people who will get
> mad when someone does violate the GPL, when a good portion of computer
> users ignorantly or purposefuly shrug off an MS EULA.
No. I could care less about a ``GPL violation.'' There is really no
such thing as a ``GPL violation'' anyway. I get mad when someone
violates my copyright.
Mike
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