Re: Contracts and licenses

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>]

batist wrote:

<snip>
> It's a bit like the 
> contract of a gift. The only consideration in a gift is on the side of
> the party imposing the contract. And don't worry, gifts are entirely
> legal in civil law.

Perhaps the correct statement is that free licenses must be gifts?  :-)
This corresponds with "must not be contracts" in common law, where a gift is
not a contract.

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