Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.

[Pen-Yuan Hsing]

On 2016-06-06 20:42, John Sullivan wrote:
> al3xu5 / dotcommon <dotcommon@autistici.org> writes:
>
> > If copyright laws didn't exist, then we would not need GPL!
> > GPL exists just to "circumvent" copyright...
> > Regards
>
> Unfortunately that's not the case. It's true that the GPL uses the power
> of copyright against copyright, but it also uses copyright to protect
> users against non-copyright aggression, including EULAs and patents. If
> copyright went away first, we would have no GPL (in its current
> incarnation), and proprietary restrictions on software and its
> distribution could still be enforced using EULAs (contracts).
>
> -john

So to confirm: Proprietary software's EULAs are completely *independent* of 
copyright? If so are EULAs just enforced as any other contract without the 
power of copyright? If so, would it make any difference if software patents 
also didn't exist?

Sorry I just want to understand this completely!