Comment by fluoridation

>I seek punitive and actual damages under the terms of the contract.

Right, so you're agreeing with my original interpretation of "termination".

>You can terminate the agreement in the sense that you revoke access to the paper

The termination and the lawsuit for damages are separate events. Why did you accuse me of being purposefully dense if you're agreeing with me?

>But in this analogy it is you baselessly making that claim.

We're both making baseless claims. I said A, and then you said ¬A, and neither one has backed anything up. I don't even necessarily believe you talked to any lawyers, I just granted it for the sake of argument because the statement you made was so weak that I didn't need to cast doubt on it.

Also, in case you missed it, the fair coin in the analogy represents the case where the GPL might not be fully valid, not the other way around. If the coin is unfair then the GPL is fully and obviously valid, and if you get sued and you did infringe it then you're certain to lose.

>Out of curiosity, what is it that has you so bothered about the idea of viral licenses? What do you find so objectionable about attaching arbitrary terms to contracts?

Since I'm not the topic of discussion, I won't answer these questions beyond saying that I didn't opine on viral licenses.