Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Josselin Mouette wrote: > > This is of course completely wrong. Unless you accept the terms of the > > GPL, the author's rights apply by default, so you don't have the right > > to use, distribute or modify the software. > > Which doesn't change the fact that the GPL is a contract whose terms > must be accepted before the distributor of the software can be held > to them.
No. A contract requires agreement from all parties, otherwise it is binding on none of them. The GPL applies *whether or not* the recipient agrees to it: it is a unilateral license grant, not a contract. It does nothing more than unilaterally extend specific rights to the recipient of the work, above and beyond those granted by copyright law, with *no* specific agreement required from any party. -- \ "I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in | `\ only ten minutes." -- Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
