On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 14:36, Raul Miller wrote:
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 08:07:22AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
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Any law or
regulation which provides that the language of a contract shall be
construed against the drafter will not apply to this License.
What the heck does this
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It means either (a) that the license is not a contract, or (b)
that the license is invalid.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 04:53:11PM +0200, Patrick Herzig wrote:
Combined with the principle of Precatory Language I'd have a strong
leaning for (b) with respect to German jurisdiction.
I suppose
Lex Spoon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Brian Thomas Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Second, while acceptance alone does not obligate anything of you, some
obligations do kick in if you try to use some of the rights you have
been granted. For example, if you take the option to distribute
MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 2004-06-25 17:00:42 +0100 Lex Spoon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...] what we are usually talking about on debian-legal
are the agreements, not the licenses granted in those agreements.
Maybe this is indicative of a general topic drift in this list?
I think
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:09:25 -0700 Josh Triplett wrote:
See also section 12e of the DFSG FAQ at
http://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html
Ah, I forgot that answer in the DFSG-FAQ...
So my interpretation of DFSG#5 was too extremist: I apologize for the
confusion.
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Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
License
agreements are not contracts -- even the GPL is not, since I have not
offered or performed anything in exchange for receiving those
licenses.
In many jurisdictions (Scotland is one, Germany another (IIRC)),
consideration is not necessary to form a
Lewis Jardine [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Textbook Example: in Scotland, if you advertise a reward for returning
your lost cellphone, you are contractually obligated to reward the
person returning the phone. If you refuse, they can take you to court
for this reward. (In this case, the phone is not
Brian Thomas Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, but that is a nitpick IMHO. What good is an offer that you never
plan to use? If you prefer, call the relevent clause of GPL to be an
offer of a contract, instead of being a contract itself. It doesn't
seem to change the essence of the
On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 09:22:22PM -0300, Gustavo R. Montesino wrote:
Hi,
The last item at the summary in the mentioned page seems to be missing
some words at the end:
This clause is much too broad, and restricts all the freedoms that
the/li
Sorry for my long response time. Have
Hello,
I am replying to a message from some time ago. This is the original thread:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00797.html
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 10:09:52AM +0200, Remco Seesink wrote:
Copyright:
This JSRS stuff was written by me. I find it useful. Others find it
On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 03:03:06PM -0400, Lex Spoon wrote:
That is not exactly my argument: I think you have to agree to a license
agreement before you gain the included license, and I also think a
license agreement can perfectly well make requirements on both parties
while still being a
Interesting reply, but it seems to have missed my main point.
On 2004-06-26 18:30:40 +0100 Francesco Poli [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
So, IIUC, you propose that summaries should be split into two
`variants'
This part is correct.
in your opinion, every license should be summarized by one
On 2004-06-28 23:39:57 +0100 Remco Seesink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
however they see fit. You may not copyright it yourself or change
the
rules I have
^
set on how it can be used.
[...] It appears to deny me the right to
assert copyright in
Nathanael Nerode wrote:
Ryan Rasmussen wrote:
10. Trademarks. This License does not grant any rights to use the
trademarks or trade names Apple, Apple Computer, Mac, Mac OS,
QuickTime, QuickTime Streaming Server or any other trademarks,
service marks, logos or trade names belonging to Apple
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