Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The way I read the GPL it is clearly a promise: I promise that *if* > you agree to my conditions about, e.g., not demanding an NDA from > people you distribute the code to, *then* - and not before - I will > give you my permission to copy.
Yet another problem with your theory: what if the author is dead? I cannot bind my heirs with a promise (unless I do something horribly complicated with trusts and wills) but I expect my licences to remain valid. It's an interesting theory, but it doesn't really fit with reality. Edmund
