On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 05:26:27PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > > The falsity of that statement can be seen at a brief glance from the > > fact that "a license granting unlimited unrevokable rights to the > > public to use, modify, copy, etc." would be founded in copyright law, > > rather than copyright law, without even considering the merits of the > > "public domain dedications". > > Licenses are primarily founded upon Contract Law, not Copyright Law. > Copyright Law is what grants you the rights to a work which you then > exchange or give away using a License or Contract. Contract Law is > what allows you to establish a legally binding document to exchange or > give away those rights or interests.
http://www.ilaw.com.au/public/licencearticle.html , at least, disagrees with you. -- Glenn Maynard