On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 11:16:56PM +0100, Marketa Ceplova wrote: > 1) Consideration is defined by my old Emanuel Outlines for Contracts > as "detriment to promisee bargained for", which certainly is nothing > which author of free software receives.
Why? [I'm interested in seeing if you can come up with an explanation which corresponds to the definition which does not also exclude normally accepted contracts.] > 2) Contracts are not different from other promises, actually the > textbook (Dawson's one) has the particular section named "Grounds > of enforcing promises". That is the exactly reason, why GNU/GPL > states in section five: > > You are not required to accept this License, since you have > not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission > to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. > These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept > this License. Therefore, by modifying or distributing the > Program (or any work based on the Program), you indicate > your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms > and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying the > Program or works based on it. You're not required to accept a contract, but if you want to receive the benefits of one you must abide by it. -- Raul
