On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:16:51 -0400 Lex Spoon wrote: > First, the GPL states explicitly that you must "accept" the terms or > that you do not get permission to do anything with the code. Should > we argue with a statement that the text says itself?
Wait, quoting from GPL#0:
| Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
| covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of
| running the Program is not restricted
and from GPL#5:
| 5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
| signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or
| distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are
| prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by
| modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the
| Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and
| all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
| the Program or works based on it.
Only modification or distribution requires license acceptance: you can
run the Program without accepting the GPL.
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