Jan Ciger wrote: > if it weren't GPL (or other license granting you > the freedoms), you wouldn't have any rights to copy/distribute the > software under the copyright law.
I mean that you can use one of the other open-source licences that don't have any viral clauses in them. > This is very different from e.g. Microsoft's EULAs, which *only* > restrict even the remaining rights you would have under the copyright > law and do not grant you any additional freedoms whatsoever. I've never been entirely sure what gives them the right to make such restrictions. Copyright law says you need permission to copy something, but it doesn't say you need permission to *use* it. I suppose they would argue that in order to use it you have to copy it onto your computer's disk. But that's like saying I need a licence to read a book because I'm copying it into my brain, or something. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Soya-user mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/soya-user
