Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?

[mike3]

On May 27, 4:09 am, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <r...@1407.org> wrote:
> Sáb, 2007-05-26 às 18:44 -0500, John Hasler escreveu:
>
> > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra writes:
> > > No, the license is not a contract, it is a Copyright License.
>
> > He means the Microsoft EULA, and yes, it is a contract and not a copyright
> > license.  In order to be a copyright license it would have to yield some of
> > the exclusive rights of the copyright owner.  It does not.  The GPL, on the
> > other hand, _is_ a copyright license.
>
> No, even the MS-EULA is a copyright license. However, since it's
> conditions remove more rights from you than those explicitly removed
> from copyright, it has to explicitly ask your permission or they would
> be illegal.
>

But then when does it become a contract?

> Rui
>
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> + Whatever you do will be insignificant,
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