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If you do not need to agree to a license before you use a piece of software, then EULAs would be invalid. As they should be according to 17 USC 117: https://ww
by orangecat 10y ago
If you do not need to agree to a license before you use a piece of software, then EULAs would be invalid.
As they should be according to 17 USC 117: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/117 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/117
The standard dodge is that it refers to the "owner of a copy", while EULAs claim that you do not own a copy and are only "licensing" it. Which is BS in my opinion, but regardless the GPL specifically doesn't make that claim, so you don't need to accept anything to run GPL software.