A must read for license law

John Cowan cowan at ccil.org
Sun Mar 14 01:10:09 UTC 2004


daniel wallace scripsit:

> The following link is the best work on license
> law that I have ever found:
> 
> http://www.lawyerdude.8k.com/5943.html
> 
> Disaster lurks for those who do not comprehend
> the difference between a *malefaction* and a
> *benefaction* in copyright license law.

I do not believe (IANAL, TINLA) that the "public licenses" Lawyerdude
refers to have anything to do with the public licenses of the open
source world.  He seems to be talking about the license to practice
law which he no longer has.

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