Wired Article on the GPL
Chip Salzenberg
chip at valinux.com
Thu Mar 30 21:22:53 UTC 2000
According to Nils Lohner:
> This does not make sense. If I bought the software, and the license
> is changed afterwards, I have to abide by a new license?
No, no, you've confused license with contract. If you buy the
software, then there is an exchange of considerations, so there
is a (sale) contract involved, and all the rules change.
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip at valinux.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early." // MST3K
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