Re: Free license

From: Charles McGarry <cmcgarry[_at_]ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 23:25:09 -0700

Gerry Bluhm <gbluhm[_at_]head-cfa.harvard.edu> wrote: 

>

> Isn't a license a form of contract? Doesn't a contract require
> consideration? Where's the consideration here? Is my agreement
> not to modify the program sufficient? Or is there another theory
> going on here?

A license can be the subject of a gift, like almost anything else. It doesn't have to be a contractual right.

Charles McGarry
<cmcgarry[_at_]ix.netcom.com> Received on Wed Apr 17 1996 - 06:23:26 GMT

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