On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I absolutely detest clicking through EULA's or other self-serving crap. I > hate software that bothers me with their license details. Nobody reads > those things anyway, and an extra click or an extra window I didn't ask > for - _especially_ in open source software - is just a bug. > I'll just jump in and add my (admittedly inexperienced) $0.02 - namely, my confusion as to why the GPL would be displayed in place of a EULA when ...it's not a EULA. It is not about how the software may be used at all: Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
