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Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean
From: |
Thufir Hawat |
Subject: |
Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean |
Date: |
Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:21:38 GMT |
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Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) |
On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:20:08 -0400, Rjack wrote:
> Thufir Hawat wrote:
>> On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:44:43 -0400, Rjack wrote:
>>
>>> The Free Software Foundation has *never* advanced a legal argument to
>>> refute the fact that the GPL is contractually unenforceable and
>>> preempted by the Copyright Act.
>>
>>
>> What's your argument that isn't enforceable?
>
> The GPL is unequivocally a contract under U.S. law. (More specifically
> it is a contract for a "grant of permission" or license.)
It's just as much a contract as any other EULA.
-Thufir
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, (continued)
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, amicus_curious, 2009/04/04
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Thufir Hawat, 2009/04/04
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/04
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/04
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rahul Dhesi, 2009/04/05
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, amicus_curious, 2009/04/04
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/04
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Thufir Hawat, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean,
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- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rjack, 2009/04/06
- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Rahul Dhesi, 2009/04/09
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- Re: The GPL means what you want it to mean, Keith Thompson, 2009/04/09
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