Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Feb 4

It has been ZERO DAYS since some GPL'd software made me "agree" to the GPL while installing it.

The GPL is not that kind of license: You don't need to agree to it. Agreeing to it changes nothing.

This just happens because installers have a premade "license" page and the GPL license seems like a natural fit.

But there's no point: You need to notify the user the software is GPL, but that's all.

Show threadKaitlyn~Ethylia
@foone I appreciate that this post avoids the usual lampooning and is largely just informational. I'm a little sick of fedi shaming people who don't know things
Feb 4 at 11:47pmWeb
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Feb 5
@KaitlynEthylia yeah that was intentional. it was also an attempt to avoid a bunch of "well what about?" "why do you hate the GPL" "why is this wrong?" follow ups, so I overexplained :)