On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 08:00:35 +0200 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Weird, anyway: Licensor promises to distribute source, but it seems > > that there is no requirement for the *licensee* to do so... > > I thought the point of the AFL was that it was effectively > attribution-only. So you don't have to give anyone source code > if you distribute an AFL-licensed binary.
Indeed. This license looks like a non-copyleft (apart from the fact that it isn't free, hence asking whether it's a copyleft is a bit pointless...) [...] > > > The application of the United Nations > > > Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is > > > expressly excluded. > > > > Huh? Can a licence grant expressly exclude the application of a > > convention? > > In this case yes, because the convention in question says: > > Article 6 > The parties may exclude the application of this Convention or, > subject to article 12, derogate from or vary the effect of any of its > provisions. > http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/text/treaty.html OK, but both parties have to agree to exclude it: so this license smells more like a common-law-contract, rather than a unilateral grant. The licensee has to give up the possibility to have the Convention applied, in order to obtain the rights attached to this `license'. Or am I wrong? > > Besides, this convention is written to apply to sale of PHYSICAL > goods. No one knows what happens if you follow its clauses when > dealing with software, so everyone states it doesn't apply. Taking this into account, my concerns about this clause were perhaps excessive... P.S.: No need to Cc: (or To:) me, as I'm a debian-legal subscriber. Instead, I'm Cc:ing Carlos Laviola, since he asked to be Cc:ed (or did you subscribe in the meanwhile, Carlos?) -- Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ...................................................................... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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