On Friday 08 July 2005 04:08 am, Riku Voipio wrote: > package kde > severity 317359 wishlist > thanks > > > ...summarian conclusion: Just remove "Agreement" from those tabs, leave > > "License" on them. ;o) > > > > ...subject 'n justification tells the story, further discussion can be > > found on Groklaw and likely d-legal too, the GPL is a license because it > > gives a permission to do something, such as distribution, on a certain > > condition, "also distribute the source." > > I'm sorry, but I find you hard to follow. I find your ideas very > far-fetched. Unless the debian-legal crowd agrees that having GPL > on a tab called "License agreement" is serious bug, I plan to close > this bug soon.
The debian-legal crowd is of several opinions. My own, shared by some on the list, is that the GPL contains certain warranty waiver provisions that cannot be done in a pure license... which means there must be a contract and it must be agreed to (in the GPL's case, it is agreed to by conduct). Others on this list take a different view, but fail to explain how they avoid the warranty stuff. So calling the GPL a "License Agreement" strikes me as the correct and honest thing. -Sean -- Sean Kellogg 3rd Year - University of Washington School of Law Graduate & Professional Student Senate Treasurer UW Service & Activities Committee Interim Chair c: 206.498.8207 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://probonogeek.blogspot.com So, let go ...Jump in ...Oh well, what you waiting for? ...it's all right ...'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
