From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 27 15:43:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from idiom.com (idiom.com [216.240.32.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9FE37B41F for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:41:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from cfcl.com (cpe-24-221-169-54.ca.sprintbbd.net [24.221.169.54]) by idiom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA46051 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:41:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.254.205] (cerberus [192.168.254.205]) by cfcl.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g1RNiOG35801 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:44:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3C7D1454.6957B09E@mindspring.com> References: <20020227122820.A64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227142005.A16555@energyhq.homeip.net> <20020227132417.B64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227052928.L12253@rain.macguire.net> <3C7D1454.6957B09E@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:41:41 -0800 To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Rich Morin Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 9:16 AM -0800 2/27/02, Terry Lambert wrote: >Benjamin Krueger wrote: >> I wish I could just forfeit any contracts I didn't want to deal with >> anymore... I might be richer for it. ;) > >A contract is only valid if there is consideration exchanged. Beeeeeeeeeeep! The GPL does not rest on contract law. Rather, it is based on Copyright and the unilateral ability of the copyright holder to control what is done with the copyrighted material. -r -- email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message