Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265760AbTF3Iak (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 04:30:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265718AbTF3Iak (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 04:30:40 -0400 Received: from mail.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.131]:49796 "EHLO shell.webmaster.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265760AbTF3Iag (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 04:30:36 -0400 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Andre Hedrick" Cc: , Subject: RE: Dell vs. GPL Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 01:44:54 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 816 Lines: 20 > Do not confuse contract and right to use license, they are legally > different. There is no contract law in GPL. The terms 'contract' and 'license' are interchangeable. The GPL is a contract that gives you a right to use certain copryighted works in a way you wouldn't otherwise have in exchange for certain compensation. The terms of the license act like a contract and can even grant rights not recognized under copyright law itself. See, for example, Bowers v. Baystate and ProCD Inc v. Zeidenberg. Note that things may be very different outside the U.S. DS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/