Testimony from former AInc developer, Mr Peck (?)

[bhoggett]

@mdma

That is not correct.  I can do what the hell I want with the software as long as I don't pirate it.  Unless I sign a contract physically when I buy MacOSX that say's I agree not to run it on non-apple hardware then I am bound by no licence at all.  This counts for GPL too.

I don't know about the MacOS X license, but the GPL isn't that simple. If you do not accept the GPL license, you have no permission to use the code, and are therefore in breach of copyright law.

Of course, that's the theory and you may claim that you can do otherwise and no one can touch you. We haven't had a test case under UK law (AFAIK) so there's no precedent to go by.

[bhoggett]

@mdma

i.e I can do anything that is against the licence the software is released under, as long as it is not distributed to anyone else.

Well, considering the GPL is concerned with distribution mainly, I doubt you could do anything against the license if you're not redistributing it to anyone else.
 :-)