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From: kurt@tc.fluke.COM (Kurt Guntheroth)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Is the GNU license enforceable?
Summary: yes
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Date: 1 Aug 89 16:07:36 GMT
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Is the GNU license enforceable?  You bet it is.  The GNU license is a
contract.  You can make a contract with any terms imaginable, no matter how
one-sided or egregious, as long as it follows the basic legal format for a
contract (offer, acceptance, and consideration from Law 101) and does not
contract for something illegal (murder, controlled drugs, etc).

Accept the GNU license by using the GNU software and you agree to those
terms, unpaletable though they are.  You are giving up a bunch of your
rights, but the law lets you do that if you want to.