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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/18/18 8:53 PM, VanL wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAFQvZEPxd6h4-MN2o7M8_LeoPDJNGhn1SLgyiSYOKReS5GGuqQ@mail.gmail.com"><span
class="gmail-SS_LeftAlign"><span
class="gmail-SS_RFCPassage_Deactivated"><span
class="gmail-SS_CRBHighlight">the entire purpose of the SSPL
is to prevent competition to MongoDB by copies that would
otherwise be lawful ...<br>
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Van, this is where you're losing me. What are the "lawful copies"?
If the licensee hasn't complied with the terms of the license,
paragraph 13 in particular, then they don't have lawful copies. You
point seems circular to me.<br>
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If you're saying that paragraph 13 would not be construed as a
condition, then you're in contract territory - and I do agree with
that your impossibility argument will often be true. But then query
whether the licensee should be taking the license if they know they
can't comply. Wouldn't there a counterclaim for that? Fraudulent
misrepresentation?<br>
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Pam<br>
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Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
PO Box 2492<br>
Raleigh, NC 27602<br>
+1 919-800-8033<br>
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