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Article #1020Re: Enforcability of a License
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 1990 23:55
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 1990 23:55
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In article <9011060500.AA01783@wubios.wustl.edu> david@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (David J. Camp) writes: > Except for > the fact that the "Permissions and Restrictions for Copying" is > called a "License", there is nothing in the law as I understand > it that suggests that a contract exists. The fact that it is called a license is enough to make it a license. Sorry, but if you misuse legal terms in a legal document, you deserve what you get. I also question your implication that Stallman actually intended the GNU Public License to not be a license. ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,trial.misc.legal.software Subject: Re: Enforcability of a License Message-ID: <12170:Nov723:55:2290@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 7 Nov 90 23:55:22 GMT References: <9011060500.AA01783@wubios.wustl.edu> Organization: IR Lines: 12