Re: Some licensing questions regarding celestia
Quoting Andreas Barth (aba@not.so.argh.org):
> B downloading from A is not a problem. The problem is: How can C get a
> valid contract from A, but he is downloading only from B? Well, A has
> said "GPLv2", and within the first condition he has given implicit
> permission to make a GPLv2-contract on his behalf to anyone who has a
> piece of GPLv2-source of him.
Under common law (and extensions such as the Uniform Commercial Code),
the required contract element of acceptance entails _communication_
of that acceptance to the offeror. Obviously, C's acceptance per that
framework is legally problematic.
(Informally, one speaks of a "meeting of the minds" being required.)
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