Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
License
agreements are not contracts -- even the GPL is not, since I have not
offered or performed anything in exchange for receiving those
licenses.
In many jurisdictions (Scotland is one, Germany another (IIRC)),
consideration is not necessary to form a contract; unilateral contracts
are valid and enforcable[1].
Textbook Example: in Scotland, if you advertise a reward for returning
your lost cellphone, you are contractually obligated to reward the
person returning the phone. If you refuse, they can take you to court
for this reward. (In this case, the phone is not consideration, as it
your phone, not theirs. They are not actually giving you anything when
they return your phone).
[1] - I cite http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/text/peclcomp29.html ,
'promises binding'
--
Lewis Jardine
IANAL IANADD
