Re: Contract and Tort Law and the GPL
On 5/12/05, Michael K. Edwards <m.k.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> Or he could consult a law book, of course. I don't bother with
> citations to Nimmer on Copyright or Corbin on Contracts or whatever
> except when I find them quoted in a court opinion, because I can't
> just hand you a URL. But if you can find me a place in a major law
> reference where it discusses a form of copyright license that is not
> conveyed by contract (written, oral, or implied by conduct), I will
> eat the page it's written on.
False dillema.
I do not believe that any of the references you're alluding to
here claim that the law of torts does not apply in cases of
copyright infringment. Instead they claim that the law of
contracts does apply in cases of copyright infringement,
and explain how in great depth.
--
Raul
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