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Or put another way ...
When you click "I agree" on a EULA screen you are making promises to the software vendor, among which are that you won't decompile or reverse enginner the product, usually.

If you do violate the EULA and the vendor takes you to court, the case is tried in the context of contract law. You made promises and you broke them.

People who use GPL software make no promises to anyone because there's no contract. The GPL is a license that the law mandates one must have to distribute someone else's copyrighted work.

If you violate the GPL and the author takes you to court, the case is tried in the context of copyright law.

I don't mean to pick on you but there's a lot of people - even smart people - who post in the Talkbacks about what the GPL is and isn't who are just plain wrong, and I only want to set the record straight.


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The package will retail for $99.95  Tommy Gun | 04/20/05
Here is why  FirstNLastN | 04/20/05
Wrong  Michael Kelly | 04/20/05
1983 actuaully, 81 was Xerox  voska | 04/20/05
I hope your're joking...  Physco Dude | 04/20/05
macs and linux market percentage  hipparchus2000 | 04/20/05
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exactly  hipparchus2000 | 04/20/05
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You don't own Linux.  ShadeTree | 04/21/05
Like.....  nucrash | 04/21/05
Sorry, I own it free and clear  Linux User 147560 | 04/21/05
It is a license and not ownership!  ShadeTree | 04/21/05
Own it  Linux User 147560 | 04/21/05
More precisely  Michael Kelly | 04/22/05
Re: It is a license and not ownership!  none none | 04/21/05
Re: Sorry, I own it free and clear  none none | 04/21/05
Re: You don't own Linux.  none none | 04/21/05
Or put another way ...  none none | 04/21/05
You only own your contributions  osreinstall | 04/21/05
Re: You only own your contributions  none none | 04/21/05
What control  osreinstall | 04/22/05
Actually you dates are little off  voska | 04/20/05
RE: The package will retail for $99.95  richdave | 04/20/05
Correction.  nucrash | 04/21/05
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Windows Killer  FirstNLastN | 04/20/05
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nope  doh123 | 04/20/05
No, six years without significant progress and then  Hugh Jass | 04/20/05
Exaggerations noted!  ShadeTree | 04/21/05
Functionality???  nucrash | 04/21/05
Coming back to reality!  ShadeTree | 04/21/05
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Microsoft Innovation?  nucrash | 04/22/05
Depends if you consider XP the product  voska | 04/21/05
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Also  Real World | 04/21/05
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Correction noted.  ShadeTree | 04/21/05
Ouch, leave Apple alone  FilledOut | 04/22/05
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Too used to Microsoft.  nucrash | 04/21/05
Now...  Michael Kelly | 04/20/05
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Do they EVER expect to ship much?  Michael Kelly | 04/20/05
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VoIP Compelling?  Joe Blow_z | 04/20/05
why?  hipparchus2000 | 04/20/05
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you cant... yet  doh123 | 04/20/05
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NOPE  doh123 | 04/20/05
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