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These licenses follow copyright law, not contract law. If they were contracts, there would be little question of whether they were enforceable and "GPL enforcea
by rmgraham 17y ago
These licenses follow copyright law, not contract law. If they were contracts, there would be little question of whether they were enforceable and "GPL enforceability tested.." would not appear in nearly as many headlines as it does.
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- joeyo 17y agoThat is what's so brilliant about the GPL: if you accept the contract, then you are bound by it's terms. If you reject the contract (or plan to argue in court that it for some reason is invalid or does not apply to you) then you are still bound by copyright law!
- apotheon 17y agoIt's still not a contract, no matter how many times you say it is. See above.