On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 11:01:52PM -0800, Terry Hancock wrote: > Does section 6 guarantee that the usage right is kept, or is it somehow > guaranteed in law, or is there another section which addresses this (I've > looked of course, but didn't see anything that seems to do it).
Hmm. Thinking about this, I have a question of my own: The GPL doesn't remove my right to sign a contract promising not to do something, and I believe this is a commonplace and legitimate--if annoying--practice that the GPL supports: companies can have employees sign NDAs, preventing them from distributing programs used internally. However, this doesn't seem too different from making me sign a contract agreeing not to request source when receiving a GPL program. I understand that this *isn't* valid. I'm not sure how that differs from promising not to distribute the program; they're both restricting me. Why is the former legitimate and the latter not? (Or am I more confused than I think?) (I don't know if this extends to EULAs, though. They're on shaky ground to begin with.) -- Glenn Maynard