Martin Wuertele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Besides that there are countries like Austria where click-through > licenses are not legally binding.
It's not clear to me whether you're talking about a web page that asks you to agree to some terms before downloading the software, or a program that asks you to agree to some terms before continuing. The former looks like it might be a valid contract in most places: downloading the software involves copying it, which requires permission, and that permission is being made conditional on acceptance of certain terms. The latter looks like it might be total crap in most places: you don't need permission to run the program once you have it, and even if you did need permission, you can't very well get that permission by performing an acceptance ceremony in private with no witnesses. By the way, I just tried (unsuccessfully) to compile (not under Debian) libqt3-psql-3.0.3-20020314. When you run ./configure you are asked to accept the terms of the GPL: |> This is the Qt/X11 Free Edition. |> |> You are licensed to use this software under the terms of either |> the Q Public License (QPL) or the GNU General Public License (GPL). |> |> Type 'Q' to view the Q Public License. |> Type 'G' to view the GNU General Public License. |> Type 'yes' to accept this license offer. |> Type 'no' to decline this license offer. |> |> Do you accept the terms of either license? Perhaps this makes sense under the QPL, which I haven't read, but if one were to "accept" the GPL there's nothing to stop one redistributing the code without that little dialogue, I assume. Edmund
