German software licensing law

[Seth Johnson]

To be more particular, the GPL doesn't actually grant you an
exemption; it stipulates what kinds of derivative works you can
produce from the work in question.  It asserts a right in a
certain way; it doesn't, in its formal legal structure, exempt
you from the right.  What you are describing -- "you are exempt
if you also pass on freedoms" -- would require a contract.


Seth


Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
> 
> Licenses don't bind people, so they're not as dangerous.  Licenses grant you
> exceptions to the laws that already bind you.  For example, the GPL grants
> you exceptions to copyright law (copyright law says "you can't copy", the
> GPL says "you are exempt from that - so you can copy - IF you also pass on
> these freedoms...".  (The "IF" isn't a binding, it's a condition on a
> bonus.)
> 
> Can someone correct me if I'm wrong?
> 
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