[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: >> > If that's true, then we might as well go home, the GPL is then >> > unenforceable. >> >> What? How? > > Because ftp.gnu.org doesn't require you to read the license either, > but does hold you to its restrictions.
The GPL doesn't contain any restrictions. It selectively lifts some of the restrictions which are automatically in place because of copyright law, and these additional permissions are bound to certain conditions (which might appear as restrictions to you).
