At 21:22 06/09/00, you wrote:
>I wouldn't agree with you there. As a license violation is involved,
>the acting of asking forgiveness from the developers would be merely a
>gesture of goodwill, and would not remedy the breach of the GPL, surely?
It doesn't remedy the breach but by "forgiveness" what RMS is talking about
is a commitment from the developers that they will not take any action as a
result of this breach and also that they are re-granting the license to the
people who breached it.
If a contract is breached, the contract becomes null and void and no
parties are bound by any of the terms anymore. So there is no problem
reissuing the licence,
Fergal
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