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  • From: Stuart Yeates <stuart.yeates AT oucs.ox.ac.uk>
  • To: Jonathan Sanderson <lists AT quernstone.com>
  • Cc: cc-uk AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Cc-uk] CC licensing by minors
  • Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:42:49 +0000

Jonathan Sanderson wrote:

> In England, the age of capacity for the purposes of contract law is
> 18 years old, and a minor's contracts are voidable at his or her
> option - they are enforceable (so executing a CC license would offer
> protection for the licensor), but not binding until explicitly
> ratified on coming of age.

It is not clear to me that the CC is a contract, in which case this
does not hold.

cheers
stuart
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