setup wizard : Forced GPL agreement
"David Balazic" <[email protected]> Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:13:46 +0200
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The "must accept license" stuff in the setup wizard is non-sense.
Here what the "gods" have to say about this question :
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ClickThrough
Full quote :
Can software installers ask people to click to agree to the GPL? If I
get some software under the GPL, do I have to agree to anything?
Some software packaging systems have a place which requires you to
click through or otherwise indicate assent to the terms of the GPL. This
is neither required nor forbidden. With or without a click through, the
GPL's rules remain the same.
Merely agreeing to the GPL doesn't place any obligations on you. You
are not required to agree to anything to merely use software which is
licensed under the GPL. You only have obligations if you modify or
distribute the software. If it really bothers you to click through the
GPL, nothing stops you from hacking the software to bypass this.
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