David Kastrup wrote: [...] > A promise to licensees availing themselves of the license. Without any
Uh retard dak. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html "by [blah-blah], you indicate your acceptance of this License" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offer_and_acceptance#Communication_of_acceptance "It may be implied from the construction of the contract that the offeror has dispensed with the requirement of communication of acceptance ... acceptance may be inferred from conduct" http://www.terekhov.de/Samsung-Answer.pdf "As a separate and distinct Twelfth Affirmative Defense and each claim for relief alleged therein, Defendant alleges that Plaintiffs claim for copyright infringement is barred under at least the provisions of 17 U.S.C. § 109(a), as Defendant was licensed and any copies alleged to be infringing were, therefore, lawfully made. " To understand it better, think of the following saga: Samsung (calling SFLC): Hello SFLC, this is Samsung calling. Please be advised that we've made 1 (ONE) BILLION copies of GPL'd material copied verbatim and/or with modifications. Please contact us within 3 (THREE) BUSINESS DAYS if you think that our copies are infringing. (After three days...) Samsung (calling SFLC again): Hello SFLC, this is Samsung calling. Please stick the GPL "permission to pass copies" in Stallman's big ass as we are going to pass our copies under 17 USC 109, thank you. Got it now, silly dak? 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
