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Re: The GPL dream is finally over!
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thufir |
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Re: The GPL dream is finally over! |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:45:10 GMT |
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Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) |
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:57:51 -0400, Rjack wrote:
>> Where does he get this notion that every license is a contract?
>> They're similar, certainly, but, AFAIK, one isn't a subset of the
>> other.
>>
>>
>> -Thufir
>
>
> "Whether express or implied, a license is a contract 'governed by
> ordinary principles of state contract law.'"; McCoy v. Mitsuboshi
> Cutlery, Inc., 67. F.3d 917, (United States Court of Appeals for the
> Federal Circuit 1995)
>
> That ruling is from the same appellate circuit that issued the Jacobsen
> v. Katzer decision.
which doesn't make a license a contract, though.
-Thufir
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- Re: The GPL dream is finally over!, David Kastrup, 2008/08/17
- Re: The GPL dream is finally over!, thufir, 2008/08/17
- Re: The GPL dream is finally over!, Rjack, 2008/08/17
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- Re: The GPL dream is finally over!, thufir, 2008/08/16
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- Re: The GPL dream is finally over!, Kadaitcha Man, 2008/08/17
- Re: The GPL dream is finally over!, Rjack, 2008/08/17
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