Re: Termination clauses, was: Choice of venue
On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 03:27:13PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
> I haven't promised the FSF anything, but I distribute and modify their
> software all the time. Maybe I don't agree to the GPL. Maybe,
> someday, I'll fail to note my changes at the top of every file!
> Bwahaha.
>
> And if I ever do that, what would they be able to do to me? Get mad
> because I broke a promise? No. Get mad because I violated their
> copyright? Yes. The GPL is not a promise I've made. It's an offer,
> and a nonrevocable one at that, from them to everybody else.
Then how does this differ from the QPL exactly? If you fail to comply with the
terms of the license you're in violation of the copyright. You never made a
promise to the lessor with the QPL by your interpretation of the word, so I see
no difference here between the two licenses that would allow one to be non-free.
- David Nusinow
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