From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19BC7C433F4 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:58:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E07E72098A for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:58:39 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=redchan.it header.i=@redchan.it header.b="eZql249J" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E07E72098A Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redchan.it Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728841AbeIXUAz (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:00:55 -0400 Received: from cock.li ([185.100.85.212]:51260 "EHLO cock.li" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728249AbeIXUAz (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:00:55 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 308 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:00:53 EDT MIME-Version: 1.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=redchan.it; s=mail; t=1537797208; bh=meGlyYFO3FLcKY+GW84R6o2xB1AGa6ovzuaOu0fPfQY=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=eZql249JAyESnsAsaNYkDS1C9+nVCbMUxopB8Bqj5j+YDbasBddGjb6fCZPF4adYE YqfqMxcbazxX0Q2KcZpJ0iG9eOwysb2/KNLmQs0lqSJuCsJ7n+3AWW1j4CQcGHdD5F dcPVyFvZjLWA+34x/m8cCWk5KmloY7TgpoKaK2bo2fRyLWZeZ+q/tF1bVQ2t7IMceb LVucnFw1PS6rJsT0SG27GXMVAksIFuspmcC8xZjyAPdri1ZShngiRrNi4Tktuh8a7d YRi7+WiNFSH9vN4TbEuvmV12Dh9I+OWoA+CbvayNOn+P04jmySp4ZImbLk9UZT8cTn 3ExKPqo8D29pg== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:53:28 +0000 From: gratuitouslicensesarerevocable@redchan.it To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Gratuitous licenses are revocable Message-ID: <755c8c523403ced734df84175e4c3dbc@redchan.it> X-Sender: gratuitouslicensesarerevocable@redchan.it User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Gratuitous licenses are revocable by the grantor. Each of the gratis linux kernel contributors can revoke their license grant (to the project or anyone else who did not pay consideration) at their pleasure. If and when they are ejected from kernel work, when the gift horse is stared in the mouth for not being a feminist, or for not opposing child-marraige-of-girls-to-men (allowed by YHWH in Devarim chapter 22 verse 28 (na'ar), also allowed by Sunni Islam, along with other good pro-male religions) with sufficient vigor, or for not supporting other aspects of the anglo-american religion... they should do so. Bruce Perens: You stated you don't "need" stick-in-the-mud contributors anymore. Yes you do: old stick-in-the-mud contributors who contributed to projects without copyright-assignment can revoke their grant at will and put into question the legality of said projects if they wish to. You seem somewhat ignorant of US law... > Bruce Perens wrote: > I am 60 and I *can* deal with this. I have many things to get done, and > can't afford to have the stick-in-the-mud guys on a project any longer. > If > you want to paint yourself into a corner, that is your right, but IMO > it's > a poor choice. It is disgusting that you, Bruce Perens, express a will to treat gratis contributors as if they were employees or servants of yourself: that the moment you imagine that you do not rely on them anymore, you assert a will to eject them because they do not follow your belief system. They can and they should strike back against you in such a case, and against all who attempt to impose upon them. > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Luckily on LKML he or she got almost no attention. Sometimes silence is assent. You will notice that no one has refuted the issue I have raised in any detail. Why do you think Moglen has had the FSF collecting copyright assignments for decades? Did you really think the publicly released story was all there was to it?