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 054FDC43441 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:39:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A47720841 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=redchan.it header.i=@redchan.it header.b="BhrTZc2v" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 1A47720841 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 S1726203AbeJKIDm (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:03:42 -0400 Received: from cock.li ([185.100.85.212]:35764 "EHLO cock.li" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725971AbeJKIDl (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:03:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=redchan.it; s=mail; t=1539218338; bh=+gxLaUHCdql05tMc9SHU044gDCWQfdTo3n4IMCnct9c=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:From; b=BhrTZc2vIYOaSGst+0udYV8UaGXqklYM0LulmPkG4r5WhCwM5yTkneaOYcvBJwet/ BrmzVYAIbFM8xYwuZbPx1DMivi/mGOE2qKDe9O1GDs8HhzVDzY7EmzZlBgfS6nlo9t nD9LBazUWAca69VtdaljYefMAFhWelzf7EnaYz4JCvk4A5GxfLPAchXn2mw+pz8jKe +AAj7IhFJXeXVbrMw1QeZlwnFfd0TKhTokM1SqlbumgTPGnqGEbEjCUOXayyjBHWGy dkTo3YlDiusXdaSw0kwMJLBRKtnay7O7B4aWVSGdWxwpFM18UVqGliZ+7zvG+WWGlI XjqQRyeIUAcHA== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:38:58 +0000 From: missingterms@redchan.it To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: rms@gnu.org, bruce@perens.com, esr@thyrsus.com, moglen@columbia.edu, bkuhn@sfconservancy.org, editor@lwn.net, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Three avenues to rescind GPLv2 property. RAP strategy added. Message-ID: <8bae6240e13b8cf7f75de9e8ffd18e19@redchan.it> X-Sender: missingterms@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 Here's a case in NY where a Software distributor agreement violated New York's Rule Against Perpetuities McAllister Software Systems, Inc. v. Henry Schein, Inc., No. 06-0093, 2008 WL 922328 (E.D. Mo. April 2, 2008) So we see that atleast one court in an important* jurisdiction is applying the RAP with regards to intellectual property. So: Attack 1: license rescission under property law (non-exclusive gratuity for which no consideration was given, and no utterances to irrevokability by grantor vis-a-vis licensee uttered, thus can be rescinded at will). Attack 2: license rescission citing no term-of-years, thus at-will licensing (until the parties no-longer agree). (This one works in the UK) Jurisdictional attack: if defendant claims license is perpetual [Or you could simply use it as an alternative argument from the get-go] Attack 2b: license is a nullity (void from it's inception) due to RAP. *(Wallstreet is in NY. I wonder if they use and/or modify linux kernel for anything?)