David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov <[email protected]> writes: > > > David Kastrup wrote: > > > > [... snip dak's hallucinatory considerations ...] > > > >> Apart from those considerations, the concerned law is contract law. > > > > Dak, repeat ten times: > > > > THE GPL IS A CONTRACTUAL INSTRUMENT (AKA 'IS A CONTRACT'). > > First part right, second wrong. It is a contractual instrument. It is > not a contract. > > > http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/contractual-instrument.html > > > > "contractual instrument > > > > Definition > > > > Formal document establishing a contractual arrangement." > > Why do you think do they have different dictionary entries for > "contract" and "contractual instrument"?
Because a contractual arrangement can be established without a formal document you idiot. http://www.seniormag.com/legal/oralcontracts.htm http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkludentes_Handeln and somesuch. Go to doctor, dak. 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
