Russell Nelson wrote: > You can certainly do this, but you'll need some component which is not > free or open source software. Something like this: > > #!/bin/sh > # Copyright 2002, Emiliano. All rights reserved. > > cat <<EOF > This is a license. If you unpack the enclosed tarball, you have > agreed to the license. > > [ license terms ] > EOF > echo -n "Do you agree to the license (y/n)? " > read answer > case $answer in > Y|y|yes) > echo -n "unpacking the tarball...." > tr a-mn-z n-za-m <tarball.tar.gz | tar xpf - > echo "" > ;; > *) > echo "Okay, then you have no permission to unpack the enclosed tarball." > esac
A: accepts license, tells B: 1. download tarball 2. do "tr a-mn-z n-za-m <tarball.tar.gz | tar xpf -" Has A violated the license? That would seem weird, because it pertains clear written instructions (even if those instructions are in fact a shell script). And since B didn't agree to anything, he isn't bound by the 'click-wrap' license. Emile -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
