Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My response: I do not accept the license grant. Therefore, I > have rejected your offer and so I am not bound to do anything > in return.
So if you say you want to give me your watch, and I say I want it, can you not accept my desire, and so reject my offer to receive your watch? The more I learn about this system, the more I think the word "contract" or even "agreement" is a terrible translation, because they both denote bilateral action. "Obligation" seems to be appropriately unilateral. In any case, in the US a contract has a few requirements inconsistent with a free license: * A meeting of minds: the license issuer need never receive communication from the licensee, so how can there be meeting of the minds? * A consideration: if the license document specifies consideration to the licensor, the license can't be free. I *think* those are the only parts of the definition completely incompatible with a free license. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
