Author: JT Smith
Free Software Business: “Remember that the GPL is not a mass-market license like many EULAs.
The GPL asserts rights that copyright holders already have under
copyright law, and then tries to condition your license on your
agreement to a lot of things which are, indeed, very “severe” (I
wouldn’t agree about harsh or unfair).
The GPL asserts rights that copyright holders already have under
copyright law, and then tries to condition your license on your
agreement to a lot of things which are, indeed, very “severe” (I
wouldn’t agree about harsh or unfair).
The mass-market licenses we’re discussing say that certain uses (not
reached by copyright law) of a product you’ve purchased, which you
would otherwise be legally entitled to make, are forbidden.”
Category:
- Open Source
