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Re: Don't put your software in the public domain

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Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> writes:

> On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:15:55 -0700, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>
>>> [quoted text muted]
>> 
>> A licence is quite different from a contract. A contract requires some
>> indication of explicit agreement by both parties, a licence does not.
>
> More precisely, it requires "mutual consideration", i.e. each party must
> provide something of value to the other.

Don't confuse consideration with agreement - they're seperate legal
concepts.

Agreement is certainly necessary in pretty much all
jurisdictions. Consideration is required in most common law jurisdiction
(England, the US, most of the commonwealth) but not in many continental
legal systems.



> OTOH, a Free software licence is unilateral; the author grants the user
> certain rights, with the user providing nothing in return.

Nope - the user promises to abide by the terms of the licence. This is a
very common kind of consideration.

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Don't put your software in the public domain Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-02 00:59 +1000
  Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-01 18:44 +0300
  Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 13:45 -0700
    Re: Don't put your software in the public domain John Wong <gokoproject@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 17:00 -0400
      Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-02 13:38 +1000
    Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-02 13:43 +1000
  Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-06-02 18:41 +1200
    Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-02 21:56 +1000
      Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 22:04 +1000
        Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-02 15:26 +0300
          Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 18:11 -0700
    Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> - 2016-06-02 13:52 +0100
    Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-03 19:53 +1000
      Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 07:14 -0600
        Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-04 12:02 +1000
          Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-06-04 23:46 -0400
      Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 09:15 -0700
        Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-06-03 21:58 +0100
          Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 18:10 -0700
            Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2016-06-04 09:04 +0100
          Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-04 12:28 +1000
            Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-06-06 06:54 +0100
              Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2016-06-06 13:36 +0100
              Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-07 01:59 +1000
          Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2016-06-04 08:24 +0100
            Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-04 11:24 +0300
              Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-06-04 15:12 -0400
                Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-06-05 00:26 +0300
        Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-04 12:12 +1000
        Re: Don't put your software in the public domain Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2016-06-04 08:20 +0100

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