Re: Dangerous precedent being set - possible serious violation of the GPL

[Erich Forler <kf4548w2@umail.corel.com>]

>    You know, the typical EULA claptrap that attempts to circumvent the
> first sale doctrine and subsequent fair use.  There's no reason to make
> this pretense with the free software portion of the distribution.

I'm not a lawyer either and generally I don't like to wade into the specifics of such
issues so I'll forward this on to one. As a guess, perhaps the distinction is raised to
differentiate between the "Product" - "Corel Linux" and the "programs" included on the
disc. In some circumstances, there is a differentiation.

Erich Forler
Product Development Manager
Corel Linux

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