Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote: > On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 09:07:00PM +0200, Claus F?rber wrote: >> Of course, in such simple cases, they can be thought of having given >> implicit permission to link against OpenSSL.
> There is no such thing as implicit permission in copyright law (or > even contract law). That only works for verbal agreements. That's certainly not universally true for any legistlation. I even fail to see how an "verbal agreement" is not covered by "contract law" even in the UK. For German law, for example, my statement above is valid. Claus -- http://www.faerber.muc.de