Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > Then the license is requiring me to form a (US-style) contract in > order to pass on the software, which is a non-free burden on me. For > example, a requirement that I get everyone to whom I give the software > to agree to some EULA is non-free: they aren't copying or distributing > the software, just receiving a copy from me and executing it.
If you can silently agree to a civil code-style 'agreement', then so can the people who get the software from you. I don't think this is a problem. Note that they're not entering in an 'agreement' with you but with the original licensor. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/