Re: Proposed QPL mods - 3rd try
- To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Proposed QPL mods - 3rd try
- From: john@dhh.gt.org
- Date: 02 Dec 1998 12:15:07 -0600
- Message-id: <[🔎] 87u2zetnpw.fsf@hasler.dhh>
- In-reply-to: Joseph Carter's message of "Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:19:55 -0800"
- References: <19981130150920.C26515@debian.org> <366358D3.D8C0BA64@mieterra.com> <19981130211955.E4211@debian.org>
Joseph Carter writes:
> Many people have said that shrinkwrap licenses on the vast majority of
> non-free software are illegal, point is that usually these companies are
> US based and in the US whether or not you win in court is directly
> proportional to how well you pay your lawyers and how many you have.
Even if shrink-wrap licenses are enforceable, they cannot usefully be
applied to freely redistributeable software. This is because the
shrink-wrap 'license' is not a copyright license but a contract entered
into at the point of sale. When you download something off the net there
is no sale, no consideration, and no contract.
--
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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