@ 28/06/2004 15:38 : wrote Brian Thomas Sniffen : >A whole bunch of your argument was balanced on the claim that one >had to accept the GPL in order to receive the licenses it offers, >because it's a contract, and that it had to be a contract, because >one had to accept it to receive certain benefits. > >I don't think either of those is true, and this is a good example >of why I think that. Calling it a nitpick doesn't make it less of >a counterexample to your claims. >
Anyway, it depends on your jurisdiction. Here in Brasil, *every* software license is a contract, and is ruled, aside from the dispositions in Copyright Law (9.610/98) and Computer Programs Law (9.609/98), to Contract Law and the Civil Code. So, here, basically it's legally binding a license "contract" that says you can only *use* the program or the data generated by it if you are wearing yellow underpants (not really, but almost). >And I'll continue to argue that a license granted only by contract >is non-free. To the extent that applies to the MPL, it's certainly >relevant. > IRT jurisdicions like ours where, every license is only granted by contract, where do you stand? -- br,M
