Re: Termination clauses, was: Choice of venue

[Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu>]

David Nusinow <david_nusinow@verizon.net> writes:

> How is the developer's promise to obey the license in the first place any less
> of a fee by this definition? The fee is the behavioral constraints of the
> developer as dictated by the licensor. In the case of the GPL, the promise
> includes distributing source code in a preferred format for editing to those
> who the developer themselves distribute to. The fee may not be payed directly
> to the original licensor, but isn't it still a fee by this definition?

The developer hasn't promised to obey the license.  I distribute
software written by others all the time.  I'm not sued by them because
they licensed me to do this under the GPL, but I wouldn't even have to
know about the GPL in order to do this legally.

-Brian

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Brian Sniffen                                       bts@alum.mit.edu