On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 20:50:14 +0100 (BST) Alan Horkan <horkana@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The user does not need to know about the General Public License (it does > not apply unless you want to distribute modified versions). The GPL also applies to unmodified programs. For example, users may not give copies of the binaries to other without telling them that it is GPL-ed and giving them access to the sources. I am not a great fan of licenses either, but from a legal point it is really important to inform all users about their license. greetings, Ernst Lippe