10 Apr
2004
10 Apr
'04
1:14 p.m.
On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 16:21, Paul Davis wrote:
i believe this is correct. marek is reading the GPL as a regular
english text, when in fact it is legalese. in normal english, "a third
party" is just "another person". in a license agreement,
The GPL is not an agreement. :)
>> The GPL also uses the term ,any third
party'.
And the FAQ clarifies exactly what is meant by "third party": Under some
circumstances (ie GPL section 3c) Distributees may pass along your written
offer of source code when they pass along your binary. Your offer must
extend to these third parties (they are "parties" to the licence agreement,
btw) as well as to your original distributees. it has a much
more specific connotation. a "party" here is not a person, its someone
who is in some way involved in the license agreement being
discussed. a "third party" is thus a person involved in the license
agreement, but they are not either the licensee nor the licensor.
A 'third party' with respect to an ordinary agreement doesn't have to
involved in any way.
Marek