From the license:
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"For example, if you distribute copies of such a program ... ... you must show them these terms so they know their rights."
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Nowehere does it say that you must force users to explicitly state their agreement.
From
the GPL site itself :
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"How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the “copyright” line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
<one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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for a GUI interface, you would use an “about box”.
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Up until now 99.99% of all the users (non-developers) had to do something that did not really need to be done. One more screen to see, two more actions to perform and decisions to make. Tiny but unnecessary mental friction of agreeing to something you can't be truly expected to read...
As a user all i can say : Please, don't make me think!
Think about it
