Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 20:10:20 -0600 From: GB Clark <gclarkii@vsservices.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015286970.c6bf8f@mired.org> Cc: rdm@cfcl.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court Message-ID: <20020227201020.4cb07c8f.gclarkii@vsservices.com> In-Reply-To: <15485.30010.11477.928616@guru.mired.org> 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]> <15485.30010.11477.928616@guru.mired.org>
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:09:30 -0600 "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015286970.c6bf8f@mired.org> wrote: > 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. Thats the LAST thing you want! If the GPL is found invalid, all code presently under it reverts to standard copyright and you would have NO rights to do anything with it! We would have to replace ALL GPL software in the tree, hard but not impossible. I think Linux would die... > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. GB -- GB Clark II | Roaming FreeBSD Admin gclarkii@VSServices.COM | General Geek CTHULU for President - Why choose the lesser of two evils? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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