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Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?


From: Rui Miguel Seabra
Subject: Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 07:53:38 +0100

On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 00:01 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> http://lists.essential.org/upd-discuss/msg00137.html
> 
> <quote author=RMS>
> 
> The crucial point is that when we release a program under the GPL, 
> we do not claim that all possessors of a copy have agreed to any 
> contract with us.
> 
> </quote>

The GPL is not a contract. It is an unilateral grant of rights, some of
which are restricted.

There's no "other party" under the GPL to agree with something.

Rui

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