Re: GPL, "license upgrades", and the obligation to offer source code

[Raul Miller <moth.debian@gmail.com>]

On 5/11/05, Michael K. Edwards <m.k.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/11/05, Raul Miller <moth.debian@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The GPL does not grant the right to sublicense.
> > Section 6's grant does not depend on an agent having a valid
> > license.
> 
> Horse, pulp, etc.  I'll even point you at a message where I made the
> case that sublicense isn't workable:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/01/msg00746.html .  Ask a
> court.

That post does not address this issue.

> > Here, you're assuming that the section 6 GPL license grants
> > are not license grants but something else.
> 
> What happens to an offer of contract when the offeror is dead?

If there is an offer of contract, it's an offer of contract with
the estate original offeror's estate.

>  How about you dig for relevant case law for a change?

That's a rather vague request.

-- 
Raul