> On Friday 15 June 2007 18:59:14 Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> > So it's true: the GPL just gives you rights, and without it you have no
> > rights (other than fair use ones etc), and blah blah. But the distincti=
on
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> > between "license" vs "contract" really isn't a very important one in any
> > case.
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> Er, copyright law is federal, contract law is generally state level?  So =
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> only does contract law vary a lot more by jurisdiction, but it's enforced=
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> different courts than suits over copyright?  (You'll notice the GPL doesn=
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> say which state law holds sway.  If it was a contract this would be kind =
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> important.)

That seems to be a special property of the US legal system. At least I'm
not aware of this or a similar distinction in e.g. germany (or most parts
of europe AFAIK).

Best,
Michael
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