Manifestation of Assent

[Greg Pomerantz]

> > > > From: Noah Levitt [mailto:nlevitt at computer.crynwr.com] On
> > > > In your opinion, would the act of distributing a piece of
> > > > (say) GPL software or a derivative of it be sufficient to
> > > > indicate assent, assuming that the distributor in question
> > > > obtained the software by downloading a source tarball via
> > > > ftp, without click-wrap, and that the tarball had a file
> > > > called COPYING with the full text of the GPL?
> > >
> > > The GPL folks think it is sufficient.  I don't agree, but I'm not a
> > > judge nor am I your lawyer.  :-)
>
> I do not believe I have the right to make unauthorized copies or
> derivative works of GPL-licensed software.  Just in case it's needed,
> the previous sentence is a manifestation of my assent.  

I'm having trouble reconciling these two statements then. Am I missing
something?

Greg

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