On Tuesday, Sep 2, 2003, at 20:26 US/Eastern, Don Armstrong wrote:
Licenses are primarily founded upon Contract Law, not Copyright Law.
I sure hope not, because a contract needs consideration (i.e., something of value) from both sides to be valid.
Licenses can certainly be a part of a contract (e.g., I give you $X, then you give me a license to do Y), but they don't have to be.