Re: Interesting Microsoft license clause re open source

[David Johnson]

On Wednesday 27 June 2001 06:15 pm, Ravicher, Daniel B. wrote:

> I agree: people can accept a license or abide by copyright law.  But, I
> must have phrased my question incorrectly because that wasn't my issue.  I
> was responding to your statement that EULA's can not constitute contracts
> because one doesn't sign them or verbally say "OK."  I simply asked what
> you would say to someone who said open source licenses can't constitute
> contracts since they don't either.

I would say "You are correct."

My personal opinion, is that they are not contracts. Instead they are 
permission statements. Here is what you are permitted to do and here are the 
conditions in which you can do them. There is no need to drag in contract 
law, so I don't.

-- 
David Johnson
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