David Kastrup wrote: [...] > Actually, they aren't, because the GPL is not a contract. But
The German courts records clearly confirm the obvious fact that the GPL is a contract. It can be nothing else since it is NOT a statute/legislation and NOT a state permit akin to a driver license, lottery permit, etc. http://www.jbb.de/fileadmin/download/urteil_lg_frankfurt_gpl.pdf http://www.jbb.de/fileadmin/download/urteil_lg_muenchen_gpl.pdf Vertrag Vertrag Vertrag Vertrag Vertrag Vertrag Vertrag... Vertrag you silly dak. The FSF is also on court record referring to the GPL using word contract: http://www.terekhov.de/Wallace_v_FSF_37.pdf "Plaintiff's mischaracterization of the GPL in his Response has no bearing on the resolution of the pending Motion to Dismiss because the Court can examine the GPL itself. "[T]o the extent that the terms of an attached contract conflict with the allegations of the complaint, the contract controls." Centers v. Centennial Mortg., Inc., 398 F.3d 930, 933 (7th Cir. 2005) ... Respectfully submitted, s/ Curtis W. McCauley Philip A. Whistler (#1205-49) Curtis W. McCauley (#16456-49) Attorneys for Defendant, Free Software Foundation, Inc. ICE MILLER One American Square Box 82001 Indianapolis, IN 46282-0002 317.236.2100" regards, alexander. -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
