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karl@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu writes:

> I am not a lawyer, and most of what I learned (or was misled about)
> copyright law was what I read on this mailing list.
> 
> I heard that shrink-wrap licenses were ruled unenforable because
> a license is a form of contract, and a contract requires an 
> explicit agreement by both parties.
  
It is NOT true that shrink-wrap licenses are unenforceable.
They are not contracts, but are enforceable under copyright law 
(in many capitalist countries).  Enforceability under copyright 
law does not require explicit agreement by both parties.


> Some have claimed that the GPL is unenforable because it is
> a license, and hence a contract, which requires explicit
> agreement.

Again, NOT true.  All FSF software is copyrighted, and the
license can be enforced under copyright law.  Contract law
is not relevant.