That is completely logic. When I get tired after reading a long while from hardcopy, I take some minutes to look a the distance, think about the text, and the so.
When I get tired reading from the screen, I immediately fire up a random game, lets say CS, and I keep firing nothing but MP5 from far distance, thinking about life, and the so.
Come on, stop playing words: is not that hard to see the "L" in both GPL and EULA; and their respective contents. Even diff can:
<kryax@nowhere LegalProy>$ diff GPL eula.txt [...] 28,31a0 < To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid < anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. < These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you < distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
[...]
79,85c23,44 < 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's < source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you < conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate < copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the [...] --- > * Installation and use. You may install, use, access, > display and run one copy of the Product on a single > computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device > ("Workstation Computer"). [a1] The Product may not [...]
31d70,71 > * Reservation of Rights. Microsoft reserves all rights not > expressly granted to you in this EULA. [...]
258,268c287,318 < NO WARRANTY < < 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY < FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN < OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES < PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED [...] --- [...] > packaging, or other communications. Except for the Limited > Warranty and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable > law, Microsoft and its suppliers provide the Product and > support services (if any) AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS, and > hereby disclaim all other warranties and conditions, either > express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited [...]
You see? I think each one has something of apple, and orange. And of banana, the M$ EULA...
I'd liked to include a diff of a propietary program, but, you know, I could not afford the taste;-)
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That is completely logic. When I get tired after reading a long while from hardcopy, I take some minutes to look a the distance, think about the text, and the so. When I get tired reading from the screen, I immediately fire up a random game, lets say CS, and I keep firing nothing but MP5 from far distance, thinking about life, and the so.
Come on, stop playing words: is not that hard to see the "L" in both GPL and EULA; and their respective contents. Even diff can:
;-)
<kryax@nowhere LegalProy>$ diff GPL eula.txt
[...]
28,31a0
< To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
< anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
< These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
< distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
[...]
79,85c23,44
< 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
< source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
< conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
< copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
[...]
---
> * Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
> display and run one copy of the Product on a single
> computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device
> ("Workstation Computer"). [a1] The Product may not
[...]
31d70,71
> * Reservation of Rights. Microsoft reserves all rights not
> expressly granted to you in this EULA.
[...]
258,268c287,318
< NO WARRANTY
<
< 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
< FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
< OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
< PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
[...]
---
[...]
> packaging, or other communications. Except for the Limited
> Warranty and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable
> law, Microsoft and its suppliers provide the Product and
> support services (if any) AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS, and
> hereby disclaim all other warranties and conditions, either
> express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited
[...]
You see? I think each one has something of apple, and orange. And of banana, the M$ EULA...
I'd liked to include a diff of a propietary program, but, you know, I could not afford the taste