Windows XP GPL License Screen

Лицензионное соглашение Windows XP GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <https://fsf.org/> Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software — to make sure the software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation’s software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) You can apply it to your programs, too. When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that you receive source F8=Принимаю ESC=Не принимаю PAGE DOWN=Далее

A blue Windows XP-style license agreement screen displays the GNU General Public License text, with Russian navigation instructions at the bottom. The joke is the overwhelming, bureaucratic wall of legal text presented as an absurdly long setup hurdle, often used to react to complicated terms, needless disclaimers, or situations nobody wants to read. tags

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