On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:29:20PM +0100, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:38:18PM +0200, Werner Koch wrote:
And Ulrich forgot to mention that the (L)GPL also says, that new revisions of the license will be in the same spirit.
Ah.. The spirit... Well, the GPL exists to protect the creator and the program, it would not be necessary if people were true to the spirit of things.
At least in Germany, expressing the spirit which lies in a contract is a valid thing at court. You will not be able at court to push through a license not in the same spirit, but claiming to be a successor of it.
Thus, the statement about the spirit is another important element to ensure a trustworthy license.
Not sure about juristiction in other countries though ...
Jan