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by kragen 1794 days ago
Licenses, in general, promises rather than agreements:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/license

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License

https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/License

Using software is not one of the enumerated rights reserved to a copyright owner. Copying and distributing it are. So it's unclear whether a copyright owner has standing to sue you for using their software without a license. In the US there is conflicting caselaw, hinging on the legal status of the temporary copy made in the computer's RAM when a program is launched.