On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 05:03:00PM -0500, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > It's a license which offers terms for those who wish to redistribute > the software. The terms are not contractual (though in many respects > the *interpretation* of the words follows similar rules to the rules > for interpreting contracts)--the terms are a grant of permission. > > You are trying to make it a "contract" by rephrasing it as an > "exchange", but it really doesn't legally function that way. A > contract has many properties that the GPL lacks. It is instead a grant > of permission, like where a person gives you permission to borrow > their car or walk across their field.
Ok, what -- specifically -- is the distinction? -- Raul