Re: [Fsfe-uk] GPL licence untested, authors could lose their rights in UK

[Alex Hudson]

On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 18:39 +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote:
> I remember my old CPM documentation used to say very clearly
> THIS SOFWTARE IS LICENSED, NOT SOLD
> 
> Perhaps we need to do that a bit more.

That's what we're effectively doing already, to be honest.

Ian's exactly right, too - if a Judge could imply title or warranty into
a free software licence, he could do exactly the same to a proprietary
licence. Which makes me think it would be extremely unlikely to happen.

I'm pretty sure, though, in the case where software is sold (or, a
software licence - I don't think the judiciary will care) it will need
to meet the usual standards (e.g., be fit for purpose). I don't think
those standards are terribly high though :/

Cheers,

Alex.