sane dependencies -- a positive look at 'fix your packages'
Alan Cox
alan at redhat.com
Mon Oct 13 16:54:48 UTC 2003
> In short, if you don't see the license, you may *use* the software for
> any purpose (which is allowed by GPL), but you may not *copy* it. If you
> see it, you may do whatever it allows you to do.
>
> I agree that certain proprietary pieces of software need EULAs, but
> we're not talking about GPL, or most of Free Software licenses for that
> matter.
It in part varies by country. The GPL is a copyright license not a contract
and that actually also restricts what it can do.
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