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Article #75125Re: Enforcability of a License
From: Sean Casey
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 1990 20:45
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 1990 20:45
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jlr@uas.UUCP (John Lynn Roseman) writes: |It is NOT true that shrink-wrap licenses are unenforceable. |They are not contracts, but are enforceable under copyright law |(in many capitalist countries). Enforceability under copyright |law does not require explicit agreement by both parties. The key of the matter is that a shrink-wrap license is not a license at all. Only those provisions that fall under copyright law may be restricted and enforced. This also goes for the GPL. It is important for both vendors and users to understand what a limited redistributuon copyright may and may not restrict. GNU really should rename the GPL to something that does not include the term "License". It is not a license, and this has caused considerable confusion. Sean -- *** Sean Casey <sean@s.ms.uky.edu> *** ``HaaAhh Huhhhhhh!'' -James Brown (quote corrected by oz@nexus.yorku.ca)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,6740f13b7a007e73 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-11-07 12:45:13 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!shelby!apple!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!gatech!ukma!sean From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Enforcability of a License Message-ID: <sean.658010713@s.ms.uky.edu> Date: 7 Nov 90 20:45:13 GMT References: <9011060500.AA01783@wubios.wustl.edu> <105@uas.UUCP> Distribution: gnu Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 22 Posted: Wed Nov 7 21:45:13 1990