EULA and Modifed BSD

[Chris Travers]

On Dec 7, 2007 1:58 PM, Norman Young <youngn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We have a product that we're about to release under the Modified BSD
> license.  There is some confusion as to whether we also need a EULA of
> some kind as well, since Firefox seems to have both the MPL and a
> EULA.  Upon installation of the software, is it sufficient to just
> show the modified BSD license to the user?  Can anyone help?\


Aside from the fact that this list doesn't give legal advice, I suppose it
depends.  (IANAL).

The basic thing is that open source licenses permit use under all
circumstances and so one shouldn't ever need a EULA per se.

You probably want to seek legal advice given the specifics of what you are
trying to do.  Most of the time, open source licenses amount to a set of
conditions where one is allowed to redistribute/modify the software.  Hence
if they don't agree with the license, they can only use the software.

Best Wishes
Chris Travers
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