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Re: Artifex v. Diebold: "The GPL is non-commercial!"


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: Artifex v. Diebold: "The GPL is non-commercial!"
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:04:33 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

Rjack <user@example.net> writes:

> I repeat, if it is a license it is a contract.

Because license terms are evaluated like contract terms?  That's like
saying "if it is a horse, it is a dog" because both have 4 legs.

A license can't state contractual penalties.  For license breaches, you
can demand damages, but not penalties.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum


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