> Actually you have to accept and comply to GPL binaries as a user,
No, you do not need to accept and comply with the GPL. You can take the
code, install it and run it: these rights are provided by the usual
copyright laws (just like you do not need to accept any license before
reading a book).
The EULA of most proprietary programs tries to remove those rights (by
claiming that you don't actually *own* the copy, IIRC), which is why you
have to accept them before being allowed to install&use the program.
> because re-distributing binaries also apply the GPL.
But accepting the GPL is only needed if you want to distribute the program
(source or binary). Most people will not redistribute the program.
> Also it should have been a LGPL license instead since OOo is LGPL and
> not GPL.
Right: that's why I did write LGPL, didn't I?
Stefan
> Quoting Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> Every time I install OO.org on Windows (does not happen on Debian), I get
>>> a license agreement prompt. The agreement is the GPL. The question is why is
>>> there GPL license for binary distribution of OpenOffice?
>>
>>> The end user does NOT have to accept the GPL to be able to use the
>>> binaries. The GPL is only applicable to the use of the OpenOffice.Org source
>>> code or dynamic libraries.
>>
>>> I think the proper way of having a GPL notice in OpenOffice installation
>>> process would be to state that OO binaries are free and that the source code
>>> of OO is available under a GPL license. It may even state the GPL license,
>>> but the end user should not have to agree (or disagree) to be able to
>>> install the software.
>>
>>> GPL is only applicable to the developer/(re-)distributor. It is NOT an
>>> end-user license agreement (EULA).
>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>> 100% agreement. I think the installation program should even say something
>> like "OpenOffice comes without any EULA so you do not need to agree to any
>> license before being allowed to install and run this program.
>> Additionally to those rights granted by the normal copyright laws, you can
>> also modify and share copies of this program as long as you abide by the
>> terms of the GNU LGPL".
>>
>> This is a very common problem in installation programs for (L)GPL
>> applications, and I think the GNU project should try and make an effort to
>> fix those cases (e.g. by drafting a standard text like the one I suggest
>> above, writing a webpage about it and then sending notices pointing to this
>> webpage to all the applications that fell into this trap).
>>
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
