Scripsit Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That is: I'm not required to accept the GPL if I simply want to download > (and install and use) a GPL'd piece of software.
If you want to *download* the sofware, then you'd better do it by the GPL's terms. "Downloading" implies that you are instructing some computer to make create a copy of the Work on your hard drive. Because computers, legally speaking, do not *do* anything by themselves, *you* are the one who are creating the copy on your hard drive. And creating a copy is smack in the middle of the copyright holder's legal monopoly. -- Henning Makholm "Det er jo svært at vide noget når man ikke ved det, ikke?"
