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

["Michael K. Edwards" <m.k.edwards@gmail.com>]

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.

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

Cheers,
- Michael