On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 06:54:07PM +0000, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net>: > > There's a school of thought that says that an old free licence *can* > > be retracted in common-law countries, because of the "consideration > > theory" which basically says that unilateral promises cannot be > > enforced against the person making the promise. > I have heard of this principle in the context of contract law, but a > licence isn't a contract. And what is it if not a contract? It is not a "license" as issued by a regulatory body. Contract law governs all agreements between civil parties that aren't otherwise constrained by law. > Also, I find the idea of a licence being enforced against the licencer > somewhat odd. It's not as if the recipient of a free licence would try > to sue the licenser. Why else do you think licenses have disclaimers of warranty? Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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