Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:09:06 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court Message-ID: <3C7D8332.78BCA304@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> <p0510032db8a31e6f3943@[192.168.254.205]> <3C7D8014.A5502797@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > 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. > > The requirement that I distribute my sources as a result > of linking with GPL'ed code is a consequence of the > license, and the license _is_ a contract. PS: Many GPL'ed projects require that you execute an assignment of rights for contributed code, so that they can change the license, if they so choose. Among these projects is MySQL, *all* FSF projects (gcc, gdb, etc.), Kaffe, and so on. The "consideration" in this case is specifically stated in the assignments of rights agreement to be for the review of any contributed code by the project. In other words, they are giving consideration, and that payment takes the form of them examining the contributed code. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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