David Nusinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How is the developer's promise to obey the license in the first place any less > of a fee by this definition? The fee is the behavioral constraints of the > developer as dictated by the licensor. In the case of the GPL, the promise > includes distributing source code in a preferred format for editing to those > who the developer themselves distribute to. The fee may not be payed directly > to the original licensor, but isn't it still a fee by this definition?
The developer hasn't promised to obey the license. I distribute software written by others all the time. I'm not sued by them because they licensed me to do this under the GPL, but I wouldn't even have to know about the GPL in order to do this legally. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
