Rob Landley wrote:
>
> On Friday 15 June 2007 18:59:14 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > So it's true: the GPL just gives you rights, and without it you have no
> > rights (other than fair use ones etc), and blah blah. But the distinction
> > between "license" vs "contract" really isn't a very important one in any
> > case.
>
> Er, copyright law is federal, contract law is generally state level? So not
> only does contract law vary a lot more by jurisdiction, but it's enforced by
> different courts than suits over copyright? (You'll notice the GPL doesn't
> say which state law holds sway. If it was a contract this would be kind of
> important.)
>
> Also, in addition to the "exchange of value" bit there's "privity of contract"
> and "informed consent" when dealing with contract, which are cans of worms
> which can be avoided by Not Going There (tm)...
>
> (These were largeish issues in the SCO vs Novell case, involving lots of
> motions in Utah detailed blow-by-blow on Groklaw...)
>
> Rob
regards,
alexander.
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