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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-18 22:33:35
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Add paragraph regarding Jacobsen.
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@@ -1992,2 +1992,10 @@ freedom.
 

	
 
While GPL is by default a copyright license, it is certainly still possible
 
to consider GPL as a contract as well.  For example, some distributors chose
 
to ``wrap'' their software in an acceptance ceremony to GPL, and nothing in
 
GPL prohibits that use.  Furthermore, the ruling in \textit{Jacobsen
 
  v. Katzer, 535 F.3d 1373, 1380 (Fed.Cir.2008)} indicates that \textbf{both}
 
copyright and contractual remedies may be sought by a copyright holder
 
seeking to enforce a license designed to uphold software freedom.
 

	
 
\section{Using GPL Both as a Contract and Copyright License}
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