On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 16:21, Paul Davis wrote: > > >>> The GPL also uses the term ,any third party'. > > > >And the FAQ clarifies exactly what is meant by "third party": Under some > >circumstances (ie GPL section 3c) Distributees may pass along your written > >offer of source code when they pass along your binary. Your offer must > >extend to these third parties (they are "parties" to the licence agreement, > >btw) as well as to your original distributees. > > i believe this is correct. marek is reading the GPL as a regular > english text, when in fact it is legalese. in normal english, "a third > party" is just "another person". in a license agreement,
The GPL is not an agreement. :) > it has a much > more specific connotation. a "party" here is not a person, its someone > who is in some way involved in the license agreement being > discussed. a "third party" is thus a person involved in the license > agreement, but they are not either the licensee nor the licensor. A 'third party' with respect to an ordinary agreement doesn't have to involved in any way. Marek
