Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:41:41 -0800 From: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court Message-ID: <p0510032db8a31e6f3943@[192.168.254.205]> 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>
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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
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