A GPL-enforcement suit against VMware

> I think that legal fiction is because I didn't technically pay the seller $300,000 -- rather, the mortgage company paid $299,999 and I paid $1 -- ie "other considerations" the seller received from a third party. Of course, I have to pay the mortgage company back plus interest, but the only direct payment from the buyer to the seller was that $1.
In Russia this is explicitly not allowed. In this situation, the mortgage company pays you $300000 and then you pay the seller. Of course, there are certain legal constructs to make this process to be atomic (so you won't be left with $300000 on your account and without a house, for example).

Anyway, this is getting a bit too far from the point - contract law is not suitable to replace licenses.