David Kastrup wrote: [...] > The whole point of the GPL as a license rather than a contract is
Dak, please stop ignoring the facts: It's established by several courts in Germany that the GPL is an AGB contract. http://www.jbb.de/fileadmin/download/judgment_dc_frankfurt_gpl.pdf "The GPL grants anyone who enters into such contract with the licensor the right to copy, ..." http://www.jbb.de/fileadmin/download/judgment_dc_munich_gpl.pdf "To begin with, the Panel has no doubt whatsoever that the general business conditions have been effectively incorporated into a possible contractual relationship between the defendant and the plaintiff pursuant to German Civil Code Section 305 Para. 2. " regards, alexander. P.S. "Every computer program in the world, BusyBox included, exceeds the originality standards required by copyright law." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
