On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 07:49:32PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Brett Carrington writes: > > So is that what might allow me, for example, to use Microsoft software I > > purchased without accepting the EULA? > > If you can get Microsoft to sell you a copy without requiring as part of > the purchase agreement acceptance of the EULA. The EULA is a contract. It > says that in return for a copy of the subject work you agree to abide by > the terms of the EULA, which forbid you to do some things that you would be > allowed to do in its absence. The GPL, in contrast, only grants you rights > that you would not have in its absence. So why am I giving Joe Bob's Computer Depot money for a box with disks in it? The box doesn't say anything about my purchase being part of a contract does it?
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