As others in this thread have said already, the GPL is written such that it does not need to be accepted in order to use the software. > If you do not need to

As others in this thread have said already, the GPL is written such that it does not need to be accepted in order to use the software. > If you do not need to agree to a license before you use a piece of software, then EULAs would be invalid. I believe the GPL was written the way it was, in order to remove any concern that it might not be enforceable. If someday the courts decide EULAs aren't enforceable, the GPL would still stand. Of course, the GPL also relies on standard copyright law forbidding modification and distribution without express permission, so if the courts ever change that then the GPL is in trouble since it's not an EULA. But that seems pretty unlikely.