Re: APSL Hidden Nasty's
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> On Mar 19, Ron wrote:
> > I quote:
> > "... In any event, you must be of majority age and otherwise competent
> > to enter into contracts to accept this license."
> >
> > Sorry kids.. you may be old enough to write your own OS, but you'll
> > need a note from mum to hack at apple code!
>
> I'm afraid that's a standard provision of contract law: you can't
> enter into a contract with a minor without a legal guardian's
> permission. Ergo minors can't legally use any licensed code (unless
> the author grants some sort of special dispensation, but no binding
> obligation can be placed on the minor). So you can give a minor
> permission to use GPL'ed code, but you can't stop him/her from
> violating the virus clauses.
There's a big difference between a contract, and a license. (Well, maybe
it's a pretty small difference, actually...).
Are you saying that under-16s can legally duplicate books? Magazines?
Sell other people's photos? Build and sell machines which violate patents?
AFAIK, minors aren't allowed to violate a copyright any more than any one
else. It would be nice to hear a lawyer on this, though.
Discussion cc:ed to -legal. Please remove -devel from the Cc:.
Jules
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