Re: [Matt Asay Tells The Truth] Stallman: GPL doesn't guarantee software freedom

[Hadron]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
>
>> David Kastrup wrote:
>>
>> [... "the GPL is not a contract" ...]
>>
>> Both courts unequivocally said that the GPL is a contract.
>
> How comes you snip everything relevant from my reply before stomping
> your feet again?  As I already said: contract law applies since licenses
> are held to the same standard.  There are differences which I listed.
>
> You'll find that the courts did not rule on the side of "contract"
> rather than "license" where any of those particular differences was
> concerned.  Sloppy language does not set legal precedence as long as it
> does not make a difference regarding the _ruling_.


All immaterial of course since companies just steal the code, rearrange
it a bit and close source it. Sad but that's life.