On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 09:17:43AM +1000, Liz wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010, Simon Ward wrote: > > To my knowledge the contract isn’t automatically transferred, although > > it occurs to me that it could be a condition of the licence that the > > contract is also adhered to. I’m not sure this is the case. > > A good example is shrink-wrap licences which are one-sided contracts.
I don’t believe they are a good example… > Some countries do not accept that they have any validity, others do. …for this very reason. > Where I live a contract has to be agreed to by both parties, is not valid if > signed under duress and is not transferable without agreement. This is my (basic) understanding of a contract: It involves two (at least) parties agreeing, not just passively. > So the copy left on a train (popular with UK politicians) has no contract > when > i pick it up and use it, but any copyright it has is preserved. Makes sense. -- A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.—John Gall
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