* Ben Collins (bcollins@debian.org) wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 11:03:42AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:59:35PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > > > It is, both parties do need to agree. If the licensor wants to change > > > it you've got two options: Accept the new one, or quit using the > > > software (or whatever). If the licensee wants to change it they need to > > > > What happens if the licensor changes the license, but the licensee > > didn't realize it was changed? > > "Ignorance is not an excuse". The license says "the latest license can > be obtained from <url>". So they leave it to the licensee to keep up > with it. Legally that's exactly the case. Practically, unless it's a really big deal, I wouldn't expect a court to make you pay huge amounts or for you to even be litigated against by the licensor. As I see it, of course, and I'm no counsel. Stephen
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