On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 06:14:01PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 12:00:34PM +1300, Nick Phillips wrote: > > > IF THIS SOFTWARE WAS DOWNLOADED FROM A LOCATION OTHER THAN THIS WEBSITE > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > AND THROUGH THE STANDARD DOWNLOAD URL OR WAS DOWNLOADED USING A METHOD TO > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > AVOID ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT NO RIGHTS SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE USER. > > > > Disagree. The above states that if their purpose in obtaining it elsewhere > > was to avoid agreeing to the license, then they have no rights. It's > > pointless, yes, but... > > What about that part? It sounds like they want it to be unredistributable, > which is clearly both DFSG-unfree and contradicting the GPL.
Oops. Misparsed it. I would still *guess* that their intention is to provide a mechanism to force users to have agreed to their terms (the "no warranty" in particular) before being allowed to use it, but they're clearly going about it all wrong. I suggest we start with the Soft Cushions... -- Nick Phillips -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheer Up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate.
