Hyman Rosen wrote: > > On 4/14/2010 8:05 AM, RJack wrote: > > Supporters of the GPL license as well as the SFLC claim that section > > 2(b) is a "condition" to the license: > > "b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in > > whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any > > part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third > > parties under the terms of this License." > > > > Now, the definition of a "condition" is: > > "ARTICLE 224 > > Condition Defined: > > A condition is an event, not certain to occur, which must occur, > > unless its non-occurrence is excused, before performance under a > > contract becomes due."; ALR, Restatement (Second) of Contracts. > > > > The whole World awaits with 'bated breath for GPL supporters to > > either put up or shut up by identifying the two critical elements: > > 1) the event; and 2) the performance. > > Section 2 of GPLv2 begins > <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html> > 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any > portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and > copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms > of Section 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these > conditions: > > A straightforward application of the Article 224 definition > would then consider the uncertain event to be modifying, > copying and/or distributing the covered work, and the > performance would be the "cause to be licensed" and the > other requirements of the GPL.
LOL. The "performance" above means that a promise becomes binding on the side of the LICENSOR/OFFEROR, not licensee/offeree you idiot. Licensee's act of copying is an act manifesting contract acceptance and it has nothing to do with conditions precedent. http://law.scu.edu/FacWebPage/Neustadter/e-books/abridged/main/commentary/Promises%20and%20condtions.html "A portrait artist promises to paint a portrait of Bill Gates to be hung in the lobby of the Microsoft office tower in which Bill works. In exchange, Bill promises to pay $5,000 for the portrait if satisfied with the rendering. Bill's promise to pay is subject to a condition precedent of satisfaction. We explore conditions of satisfaction in Kennedy Associates, Inc. v. Fischer, in which a prospective financier balked on lending money to a prospective borrower after inspecting the real property that was to serve as collateral for repayment of the loan. " Got it now, silly Hyman? regards, alexander. P.S. "Every computer program in the world, BusyBox included, exceeds the originality standards required by copyright law." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' -- 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 gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss