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ContractsContractsPosted Jul 3, 2008 23:13 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1)In reply to: More DTrace envy by bronson Parent article: More DTrace envy This scenario, of course, depends on the idea that the GPL is a contract; the people who wrote the GPL did not intend that, however; they wrote a license. Assuming that legal reasoning holds, there's no contract to be sued for breaching. And no, I do not believe any GPL-violation case has been a breach-of-contract case; they are copyright infringement cases.
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Contracts Posted Jul 3, 2008 23:17 UTC (Thu) by bcantrill (guest, #31087) [Link] Yes, the authors did intend it to be a license -- but the attorneys that I have spoken with on this issue believe that the expansive views of the GPL require it to be interpreted as a contract. Again, some case law here would be quite helpful...
Contracts Posted Jul 4, 2008 0:22 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] http://lwn.net/Articles/61292/ That's a relief, although it does diminish the chances of me finding my code in the Google Toolbar and making a quick hundred million. :)
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