Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:09:30 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015286970.c6bf8f@mired.org> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court Message-ID: <15485.30010.11477.928616@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <p0510032db8a31e6f3943@[192.168.254.205]> 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> <p0510032db8a31e6f3943@[192.168.254.205]>
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Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> types: > 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. So should we root for the GPL to be found void as a contract, meaning that users don't have to abide by it? After all, that would provide a precedent for making all software licenses invalid as contracts. I wonder which side of this one MicroSoft would take. It would wound UCITA, possibly mortally. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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