On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 20:19 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > I'm not sure about xsane. However, I know that many applications do > this, unfortunately. It confuses users who are not savvy about license > issues. For instance, PDFCreator, OpenOffice and a number of other high > profile apps (Firefox as well, IIRC) all do this. You are right, > though, in that the GPL only applies to redistribution and not to use. > The GPL has zero to say about how/when/what/where an application is used > until it comes to redistribution.
Software with their own installer, most typical Windows programs, seems to display the GPL or a similar free license where the EULA usually goes. I'm not sure if that's because the authors need to be educated or the fact that the installers themselves require a licence agreement window with something in it... As for Firefox, I assume you mean the Windows version downloaded from mozilla.com and not Iceweasel as shipped by Debian? Firefox as from mozilla.org is non-free, so I guess they feel the need for an EULA of some sort. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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