From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,d4d70a6d53a28095 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!llslave.llan.ll.mit.edu!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GtkAda License Question References: <1150717691.939423.322620@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> <1150810262.12414.7.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1150810262.12414.7.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:42:23 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 155.34.132.75 X-Complaints-To: news@ll.mit.edu X-Trace: llslave.llan.ll.mit.edu 1150811014 155.34.132.75 (Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:43:34 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:43:34 EDT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4856 Date: 2006-06-20T09:42:23-04:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus wrote: > Also notice that every time you install just about any software, > then in Europe at least, > you must explicitly (and knowingly) confirm that you agree to the > licensing terms. > I believe it is a requirement of EU contractual procedures that > you must check corresponding boxes. (Which again is probably not > enough for such and such, etc...) > (Opposed to this requirement, I remember arguments that the > sentence "by opening this box you agree to ... contained therein" > is irrelevant.) > IANAL. This is also true in the U.S.: the installation of every non-free software package seems to require the acceptance of an End-User License Agreement (EULA).