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From: | Hyman Rosen |
Subject: | Re: More FSF hypocrisy |
Date: | Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:15:32 -0400 |
User-agent: | Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) |
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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