EULA vs. GPL

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Ever wanted to know what the differences were, but didn't want to read through the whole bloody thing? This article compares the EULA of Windows XP and the GNU GPL (the basis of all Linux distro's "EULA" for all you non-in-the-know Windows people ).

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/ ... 42086.html

If ya don't believe it, then just read through your EULA and the GPL and put your own summary up. I dare ya

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Google gets in the licensing business:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/27 ... episode_3/

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Linus still prefers GPL 2 over GPL 3:

http://computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open ... ewsid=6882

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Overview of the GPL versus other license agreements:

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ ... are-496596

Input from Stallman and Linus among others. Personally, I think Stallman has become lost in the dogma and forgotten the purpose--using software.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Don't like the EULA?

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl ... 18/1817221

Get your cat to agree to it.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Discussion of license types:

http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/01/17/ ... art_pos=53

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

MySQL and its effect on the GPL:

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/22 ... ?art_pos=2

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

How to take a big vendor to court and win over the EULA:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/05/29/ ... art_pos=27