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Re: More FSF hypocrisy


From: Hyman Rosen
Subject: Re: More FSF hypocrisy
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:15:32 -0400
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Rjack wrote:
"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.";Restatement (Second) of Contracts

I know you can't understand this concept (linear ordering of events
in time) so just deny it and call every thing you see in a copyright
license a "condition".

You'll be legally incorrect in most cases but it'll make you
feel better.

The GPL isn't a contract. It's a license which lays out the
conditions under which someone has permission to copy and
distribute a covered work. If someone copies and distributes
a covered work without adhering to the conditions, he is
liable for copyright infringement.

    <http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1001.pdf>
    The Artistic License states on its face that the document creates
    conditions...
    The Artistic License also uses the traditional language of conditions...
    The conditions set forth in the Artistic License...


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