Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There's a school of thought that says that an old free licence *can* > be retracted in common-law countries, because of the "consideration > theory" which basically says that unilateral promises cannot be > enforced against the person making the promise.
I have heard of this principle in the context of contract law, but a licence isn't a contract. Also, I find the idea of a licence being enforced against the licencer somewhat odd. It's not as if the recipient of a free licence would try to sue the licenser. Edmund
