clipka wrote:
> Jim Henderson schrieb:
>>>> "You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run
>>>> a copy of the Program."
>>> Ah okay... another point I obviously didn't read properly...
>>
>> Or perhaps it's not present in v2, I didn't look. :-)
> 
> I just did: GPL v2 Section 5 can be interpreted that way, but it's not 
> as obvious.

You're never required by copyright to agree to a license before you can 
receive or run a copy of a program. Not in the USA at least.

Copyright controls copying, period. Loading a program from a disk into 
memory, being an essential step in using the program, is not copying, any 
more than bouncing light off a page to form an image on your retina is.

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    via religion is like understanding the
     structure of computers via Tron.

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