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Re:Akamai release source to their custom secure_malloc for O... by Dylan16807 on Sunday April 13, 2014 @08:10AM (#7581071)
EULAs are largely a farce but in theory you have to accept the EULA to accept the software. As far as I know GPL/AGPL comes in at a different point entirely.
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Re:Akamai release source to their custom secure_malloc for O... by judk on Sunday April 13, 2014 @09:28AM (#7581241)
Please research what the "L" in "GPL" means.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Software is protected by copyright by default, meaning you can't make a copy. A license is a limited waiver of copyright that grants permission to make a copy, if the conditions of the license are met.

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Re:Akamai release source to their custom secure_malloc for O... by Dylan16807 on Sunday April 13, 2014 @08:02PM (#7583750)
You're not the one making a copy when you're just accepting the software to run.
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