On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Chris Lawrence wrote: > On Mar 19, Ron wrote: > > I quote: > > "... In any event, you must be of majority age and otherwise competent > > to enter into contracts to accept this license." > > > > Sorry kids.. you may be old enough to write your own OS, but you'll > > need a note from mum to hack at apple code! > > I'm afraid that's a standard provision of contract law: you can't > enter into a contract with a minor without a legal guardian's > permission. Ergo minors can't legally use any licensed code (unless > the author grants some sort of special dispensation, but no binding > obligation can be placed on the minor). So you can give a minor > permission to use GPL'ed code, but you can't stop him/her from > violating the virus clauses.
There's a big difference between a contract, and a license. (Well, maybe it's a pretty small difference, actually...). Are you saying that under-16s can legally duplicate books? Magazines? Sell other people's photos? Build and sell machines which violate patents? AFAIK, minors aren't allowed to violate a copyright any more than any one else. It would be nice to hear a lawyer on this, though. Discussion cc:ed to -legal. Please remove -devel from the Cc:. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
