Thomas Bushnell, BSG writes: > Right. That's for licenses which are contractual. Free software > licenses are unilateral grants of permission, for which it is > unimportant to certify acceptance.
Then why do they disclaim warranties? You can't disclaim a warranty without forming a contract, and yet every free software license disclaims warranty. > If they don't accept, fine! They don't accept--and then they are > restricted by the copyright law (NOT by the license) and any further > copying is then illegal. A warranty disclaimer is binding on the user of the software. It has nothing to do with copying the software. Sigh. -- -russ nelson http://russnelson.com | A government does enough Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | wrong to offset what it 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | does right. Better that Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | it should do less.
