Re: gEDA-user: Portable gEDA for Windows

["Windell H. Oskay" <windell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 19, 2010, at 12:42 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:

>> So... a copy of the GPL on the web is not legally binding?
> 
> The GNU General Public License is a one-sided grant of rights, not a
> contract, it is *NOT* legally binding and need not be.
> 
> However, if you *choose* to not accept its terms, the US Copyright
> Laws take full effect, and your right to distribute is revoked
> completely.
> 
> Thus, the binding is entirely on the recipient's side.  The "written
> offer" in 3B needs to be binding on the *distributor's* side.


Can you actually cite any example from GNU or elsewhere, saying that a written offer to include source code is not sufficient if it's online?




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