From: Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt>
To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org
Subject: Re: Isnt Gnat irrelevant ? ( was Re: Will the World ever seesomethingbeyond GNAT 3.15p?)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:06:43 +0000
Date: 2005-01-14T23:06:43+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <mailman.56.1105744000.527.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mzvbpr56.fsf@insalien.org>
Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> Marius Amado Alves writes:
>
>>>... the author must receive some measurable sort of compensation,
>>>lest the contract be null and void.
>>
>>If this is true then the contract you sign with ACT for the academic
>>package is null because you don't give them anything back. What
>>happens next I'm not sure. Probably your copy of the software and
>>all copies made thereof must be destroyed. Insane.
>
> It depends. Does the contract restrict you in any way?
I thought that had been established. Yes, the contract restricts use for
academic purposes only.
> IANAL, but my understanding is that,
> without compensation, the contract is void but the license (here the
> GPL) still applies.
IANAL either, but usually when a contract is anulled the state of
affairs previous to the contract must be restored. In this case the
previous state is no copies distributed. The license becomes irrelevant.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-14 23:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-12 2:24 Isnt Gnat irrelevant ? ( was Re: Will the World ever see somethingbeyond GNAT 3.15p?) Anh Vo
2005-01-12 3:58 ` dubya
2005-01-12 5:04 ` Bobby D. Bryant
2005-01-12 11:08 ` Isnt Gnat irrelevant ? ( was Re: Will the World ever seesomethingbeyond " Martin Dowie
2005-01-12 12:12 ` Jeff C
2005-01-12 13:19 ` Martin Dowie
2005-01-12 13:26 ` Martin Dowie
2005-01-13 4:28 ` Christopher Douty
2005-01-13 9:56 ` Martin Dowie
2005-01-13 10:07 ` Jerome Hugues
2005-01-13 17:08 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-13 17:22 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-13 18:04 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-15 11:56 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-15 12:35 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-16 2:37 ` f
2005-01-16 3:08 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-13 21:49 ` Simon Wright
2005-01-13 22:03 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-14 0:16 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-01-14 0:41 ` Martin Dowie
2005-01-14 9:46 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-14 11:49 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-14 17:59 ` Ludovic Brenta
2005-01-14 19:24 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-14 22:43 ` Simon Wright
2005-01-15 12:24 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-14 22:44 ` Ludovic Brenta
2005-01-14 23:06 ` Marius Amado Alves [this message]
2005-01-15 0:22 ` wt
2005-01-15 10:31 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-15 11:48 ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-01-15 12:11 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-15 12:37 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-15 13:22 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-16 8:29 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-16 19:39 ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-01-17 8:00 ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-16 2:33 ` wt
2005-01-16 2:53 ` f
2005-01-16 3:11 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-15 14:08 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-01-13 17:00 ` Martin Krischik
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