Re: SFLC is SOL

[Hyman Rosen]

On 4/13/2010 10:37 AM, RJack wrote:
> Hyman you bandy about the term "open license" as if it is a special,
> exceptional category of copyright license -- it isn't.

Open licenses are special, since they are offered unilaterally
by licensors without communication or agreement with licensees.

> ALL copyright licenses WITHOUT exception are simply contracts to be
> interpreted under the States' common law of contracts:

Rather, when it comes to understanding rights and obligations
under a license, the issues involved are identical to contract
law, so licenses are construed as contracts for purposes of
analysis.