Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on October 19, 2005 01:38 AM
There's a MASSIVE difference: the GPL grants *extra* rights; these EULAs are trying to *remove* rights. The first is a valid application of Copyright and Contract law: you get a consideration (the right to distribute copies and derivative products in exchange for the cost of providing a copy of the source. You do *NOT* need to accept the GPL in order to use the software. The EULA attempts to circumvent Contract law: you already paid for the software, so you should have the right to use it, but the EULA says that you can't even use the software YOU PAID FOR unless you grant the company *additional* consideration.
How is requiring *additional* consideration to use a product **AFTER** you paid for a product legal?
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Re:Why is this a bad thing?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 19, 2005 01:38 AMHow is requiring *additional* consideration to use a product **AFTER** you paid for a product legal?
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