Re: Debian i386 freeze
some unidentified person wrote:
> For example, if someone sells a copy of a cdrom with kde on it, with the
> current license, that customer can sue the seller to satisfy the terms
> of the license.
Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> wrote:
> This is fantasy - or paranoia.
Raul Miller writes:
> No, it's contract law.
No it isn't. The GPL is not a contract. It is a conditional grant of
rights from the author to the user, and only the author has standing to sue
to enforce it.
> When value is exchanged for value, both parties are bound by the
> agreement.
When I order a CD from Cheap Bytes the agreement is "I'll send you two
bucks if you'll send me a Debian CD." If upon receipt of the CD I find
that it is not what I expected due to the terms of the licenses on some of
the programs the most I can expect to get in court is my two bucks back. I
cannot sue for specific performance under the terms of the GPL because the
GPL is not part of the contract between me and Cheap Bytes.
> Why not just grant everyone the additional freedom to distribute copies
> of kde which incorporate Qt?
Beats me.
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John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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