It's simple, really. The GPL gives you additional rights that you *don't* normally have under copyright law. Things like EULAs take away rights that you *do* have under copyright law (or at least did before the abomination known as the DMCA).
The whole idea of "demanding strict adherence to the GPL" is nonsense. The GPL doesn't restrict you in any way whatsoever. Copyright law restricts you, and the GPL merely removes some of those restrictions. In fact, you can *reject* the GPL and still use the software! You just can't redistribute it.
This seems so obvious and so simple, that I'm beginning to believe that people who ask questions like this are either insincere, or frankly, a bit dim.
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It's simple, really. The GPL gives you additional rights that you *don't* normally have under copyright law. Things like EULAs take away rights that you *do* have under copyright law (or at least did before the abomination known as the DMCA).
The whole idea of "demanding strict adherence to the GPL" is nonsense. The GPL doesn't restrict you in any way whatsoever. Copyright law restricts you, and the GPL merely removes some of those restrictions. In fact, you can *reject* the GPL and still use the software! You just can't redistribute it.
This seems so obvious and so simple, that I'm beginning to believe that people who ask questions like this are either insincere, or frankly, a bit dim.