On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 02:24:08PM +0100, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
IANAL, but I don't think "licensing agreements" exist in law. Legal agreements exist, they're called contracts. Licenses exist, they're called licenses and they are one-way grants of rights.
Being clear about this matters because the GPL is a license (only). It is not an agreement, and it's not a contract.
Can someone correct me if I'm wrong?
I am also no expert in legal contract and licensing history, but I have heard that in some countries, e.g. Germany, licenses are indeed currently considered some special form of a contract. As far as I remember this is still under discussion so several opinions might exists, too.