Re: click-through EULA vs DFSG
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 12:00:34PM +1300, Nick Phillips wrote:
> > IF THIS SOFTWARE WAS DOWNLOADED FROM A LOCATION OTHER THAN THIS WEBSITE
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > AND THROUGH THE STANDARD DOWNLOAD URL OR WAS DOWNLOADED USING A METHOD TO
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > AVOID ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT NO RIGHTS SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE USER.
>
> Disagree. The above states that if their purpose in obtaining it elsewhere
> was to avoid agreeing to the license, then they have no rights. It's
> pointless, yes, but...
What about that part? It sounds like they want it to be unredistributable,
which is clearly both DFSG-unfree and contradicting the GPL.
--
Glenn Maynard
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