[License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

[John Cowan]

Lawrence Rosen scripsit:

> > Open source licenses grant things to whomever has the source code;....
> 
> Do you mean "grant things to whomever accepts the terms and conditions of
> the license"?

Well, for some licenses.  The BSD licenses don't appear to require
any sort of acceptance:  they just say "We grant you the rights to do
X provided A and B are the case and C is not the case."  That doesn't
sound in contract as far as I can see: it's got the flavor of a bare
license to trespass on land.

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