On 3/4/06, Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> wrote: > On 4 Mar 2006, at 12:01, NextGen$ wrote: > > * Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> [2006-03-03 14:38:16]: > > > Firstly, if we want to be pedantic about it - we shouldn't include > > > the GPL in the installer - as it is not necessary to agree to the GPL > > > to *use* GPL'd code, only to redistribute it. > > > > I thought the user had to; especially for 11. and 12. section (NO > > WARRANTY) but if you do confirm it's not needed, I'll remove it :) > > Well, its just something I heard somewhere, if in doubt, we should > leave it.
There's no need to *agree* to the GPL, but the user should still be shown the licence. Maybe just show the "Under the GPL version whatever" and "No Warranty" texts (from the GPL's "How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs" section, <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html#SEC4>) and offer an choice of "show GPL" or "Next >>" to continue with the installation. --Joel
