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Genuily asking: what?

• IshKebab 5y ago
  It means anyone can sue for breach of contract if they are a beneficiary in some way, even if they aren't one of the parties of the contract. If you make a deal with the government to provide free school meals and then they underpay you so you stop providing the meals, now every parent can sue you. Doesn't sound quite right. I think it would be better to fix this by having the GPL explicitly grant standing to anyone receiving it. Not a lawyer though so no idea if you can just do that. Maybe not.
  • webmaven 5y ago
    > It means anyone can sue for breach of contract if they are a beneficiary in some way, even if they aren't one of the parties of the contract. If you make a deal with the government to provide free school meals and then they underpay you so you stop providing the meals, now every parent can sue you. Doesn't sound quite right. If you stop providing the meals due to the government's breach of contract, it seems pretty obvious to me that the court would either dismiss the case (possibly with prejudice) and direct the plaintiff to sue the appropriate party, or that the case would be suspended until you and/or the government are done suing each other pending the outcome(s) of the other case(s).