Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean

2009-04-10 Thread Rjack
Rahul Dhesi wrote: Rjack is trying to show that the GPL contains illegal terms. Indeed, a sine qua non of contract doctrine is a shared expectation that the parties will execute the contract in accord with the law http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/143/143.F3d.1260.97-15781.html

Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean

2009-04-10 Thread dr_nikolaus_klepp
Alan Mackenzie wrote: > In gnu.misc.discuss Rjack wrote: > >> Sigh. Since the GPL has never been reviewed by a court with proper >> jurisdiction, you're going to look for a loong time. Since you >> obviously don't understand what an "illegal" term means in general >> contract interpretation

Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean

2009-04-10 Thread Rahul Dhesi
Rjack is trying to show that the GPL contains illegal terms. >Indeed, a sine qua non of contract doctrine is a shared expectation >that the parties will execute the contract in accord with the law >http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/143/143.F3d.1260.97-15781.html This is a case about an

Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean

2009-04-10 Thread Alan Mackenzie
In gnu.misc.discuss Rjack wrote: > Sigh. Since the GPL has never been reviewed by a court with proper > jurisdiction, you're going to look for a loong time. Since you > obviously don't understand what an "illegal" term means in general > contract interpretation your quest is ultimately futile

Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean

2009-04-10 Thread Rjack
Rahul Dhesi wrote: Rjack has outdone himself. I objected to his quoting answers.com and merriam-webster.com to show that the GPL contains illegal terms. I suggested that, since we have a couple of hundred years or more of case law discussing when a contract should be unenforceable due to ille

Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean

2009-04-10 Thread Rahul Dhesi
Rjack has outdone himself. I objected to his quoting answers.com and merriam-webster.com to show that the GPL contains illegal terms. I suggested that, since we have a couple of hundred years or more of case law discussing when a contract should be unenforceable due to illegality, Rjack ought to b

Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean

2009-04-10 Thread Rjack
Rahul Dhesi wrote: Rjack writes: (I'm assuming that Rjack's recent sources of authority, namely, answers.com and merriam-webster.com, will not suffice here.) I had hoped after trying to teach you that the meaning of the term "illegal" changed with a change contexts, that a little somethin