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Ben, I'd assumed that considering the GPL itself states that end user usage is outside of it's scope and because the EULA doesn't contradict anything it says it would be permissable? Section 0: "Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope." Also a buffer overflow has been found in Chrome, allowing and attacked to execute arbitrary code: http://www.crn.com/security/210500382 Regards, Ross Bearman On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 02:38:55PM +0100, Ross Bearman wrote: >>> I'm not sure what you're getting at? Google didn't modify the GPL, >>> they release Chrome under the GPL and had a EULA that you had to agree >>> to when installing; they're completely separate licenses. >> >> And adding extra restrictions on top of the GPL is explicitly disallowed >> by the section I quoted. Either you dual-licence it (GPL or EULA, and >> all of one applies OR all of the other applies) or it's invalid. > > Although Chrome code from Google is BSD licensed. As the link I posted > shows the licensing of other components is fairly varied. > > So whilst I enjoyed the discussion on why GNU GPL distribute software > can't have other restrictions applied, and I hope folks now understand > how the GNU GPL protects their rights, it is kind of academic to the > example given. > > It'd be amusing if Microsoft released "Microsoft Chrom+" tomorrow, same > features but without the carpet bombing security flaw, or some other > improvement, although it would probably take their lawyers longer to > check if it was legal than to do the code. > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html