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by wang_li
8 days ago
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A license is not a contract. It's a grant of permissions from an owner to a recipient that details what they can and cannot do. A license can be part of a transaction, but it does not constitute a contract. Especially in the case of free software where there is no exchange of considerations. Regardless, contracts are not required for reliance interest to apply. |
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you're right, in case law exchange of considerations matters, and licenses are treated as rights grants. however, civil law does not care about considerations, and use of the object implies consent.
but that is irrelevant to our thread, because whether you breach the terms of the contract, or violate the terms of the rights grant, the different legal systems seem to have arrived at the same conclusion: it is copyright infringement
> Regardless, contracts are not required for reliance interest to apply.
was hoping that including "some other evidence" would be enough to avoid that comment