LOL! Everything about the GPL *just automatically applies* because it's copyrighted. It says "license," but there's no contract involved, or required. That's the essence of a copyleft. One interesting way to articulate the difference between "open source" and "free software" is in terms of copyleft versus licensing: Open sourcers start from the premise of licensing software. Think about it. Licensing software came about (before Bruce Perens and OSI started) really because some commercial interests realized that copyright would probably not cover things like code or algorithms according to their interests very well. Then they proceed to work up UCITA, to plug the holes in the licensing proposition, blah blah blah. Not that open sourcers are in that camp, but they do tend to overlook the fact that they are starting from the premise of licensing -- rather than the "Kung Fu magic" of copyleft. That's why copylefters aren't going to be convinced that a clickwrap license is consistent with the idea of free software. Seth Johnson