Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again) To : comp.programming From : Gerry Quinn Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 01:43 pm In article , willem@stack.nl says... > Gerry wrote: > ) If you buy the software, you are entitled to do with it as you wish. > ) > ) If you buy a non-exclusive licence to use it, which is the stated or > ) implied contract in typical retail transactions, you haven't bought the > ) software. > > If I go to a store and buy something, there is no implied contract. > After I open the package, any contract or licence I happen to find > inside doesn't apply, as it wasn't shown to me at the time of sale. Your talking about the EULA, which is something completely different. Suppose you go to your local software store and buy a copy of MS Office. Do you really think that you now own MS Office? Of course you don't. You know perfectly well that you are only buying a non- exclusive license to use it. - Gerry Quinn > I don't know about the US, but that's how it works here in the Netherlands. > And if I may say so, I would find it ridiculous if it were otherwise. .