Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: [...] > It's not because you're not required to accept it. :)
Ah that. Well, it appears that Prof. Nimmer also thinks that RMS is a lunatic. "GPL has a schizophrenic approach as to whether it is grounded in contractual or non-contractual terms. ... You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this license. Therefore, by modifying or distributing the Program ... you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying the Program or works based on it.63 This language, which is of a type used in contractual arrangements such as in commercial shrinkwrap licenses, clearly contemplates creation of a contractual relationship.64 Acceptance of a license is not relevant to a non-contractual restriction. The restriction simply exists. If the model followed by the GPL were non-contractual in nature, the language referring to acceptance would not be used. Instead, the copyright owner might simply state: You may copy, modify, and distribute this software, but only in compliance with the following conditions. Instead language of acceptance is present. This suggests a document that contemplates creating a contractual relationship if accepted by the other party. The Preamble to GPL refers to the creation of obligations consistent with a contractual relationship. The Preamble states: To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions ... These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it. The reference to responsibilities indicates contractual obligations undertaken by accepting the terms of the license and creating a contract." > Of course your "mighty" slander can only make your "right". Slander? There's a whole bunch of evidence that you both (RMS and mini- RMS) are lunatics... kind of software taliban. And GNU-nazis. regards, alexander. P.S. http://www.linuxtaliban.com/bilder.htm _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
