Re: OSD && DFSG convergence
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 08:47:29PM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Thomas Bushnell, BSG writes:
> > Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> writes:
> >
> > > What term of the DFSG *clearly* says that a license cannot require
> > > click-wrap?
> >
> > DFSG says that modifications must be permitted. One modification that
> > must be permitted is to modify the software removing the "click-wrap"
> > implementation.
>
> You are not allowed to remove the copyright statement from a source
> file. You are not allowed to remove the code which announces the
> license on a GPL'ed program.
Russell, correct me if I'm wrong, but a click-wrap license
otherwise known as an End-User License Agreement is not a copyright
statement. This, of course, is what Thomas was referring to.
Simon
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