Simply stated, a license is a contract. The confusion often arises because
software licenses come in essentially two forms: a) traditional license
(e.g., Microsoft used a traditional license with OEMs regarding the
pre-install of its OS) and 2) a copyright license (like the GPL). Further
"W. Yip" wrote:
License: This is an abstract form of permission, granted to make lawful
what would otherwise be unlawful [...].
Bare License: You own land, and grant a license to someone to enter it.
Thanks for the definitions.
Thus a copyright license such as "You have the right to make up
Wired has a rather interesting article on the GPL in relation to the suit
by Mattel re: cphack. I was wondering what people thought of the merrits
of the statements, and specifically what I as a developer need to do to
protect my works from such loopholes. Ie, how do I sign over my rights to
G'day all.
On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 12:11:20AM +0100, W. Yip wrote:
Fellas, this seems to be the type of dispute we have been waiting for.
Is it too late to grab a copy of cphack now? Will I or won't I be able
to join the inevitable class action for breach of contract against M if
they _do_
According to Andrew J Bromage:
Will I or won't I be able to join the inevitable class action for
breach of contract against M if they _do_ revoke the GPL on cphack
if I've obtained my copy after the lawsuit was filed?
[IANAL] I suspect you'd be eligible even if you got it now, as long as
you
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