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=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, 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 804DEC43387 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2019 23:30:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E025208E3 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2019 23:30:54 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=memeware.net header.i=@memeware.net header.b="X9O8Ajyo" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726772AbfAAXax (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jan 2019 18:30:53 -0500 Received: from cock.li ([185.100.85.212]:40262 "EHLO cock.li" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725958AbfAAXaw (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jan 2019 18:30:52 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=memeware.net; s=mail; t=1546385449; bh=UZgANCC8MweJpFGYGS6rOD6ns8jGxBKcW/9izaK4Ueg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=X9O8Ajyo6PY2GVi7nwdtZMaHDK3W9Oen5YNiFDhL1kCPZZiLSNdv0o9nTKj3GmTms 4ICXSldDdmHo5gvnmTcpzmVZgTB3xAldQcUZn9mFNfKz/snO0a3oh66i+AFG7Rsl4q fRqcZEha1Hp2GA/fiaZBK2v9T5dL4MkJVTsvi2Baxf0fPB7+WVPSTwB4r5qgwWucet 6tR0TrzwOk4fGTqQLdmv8vWMvRdvDpFK0F8Kq7Xgho7fzZ0Y6ptEbHLRGLU7sY+kEl h5N5K5sF5mmx0mGilWf3IGECnoTfuPfe1HUfrPnnDEPE7vH+CKc1OG34Nij/EtAGpL CAN1cia5xwdgA== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 23:30:48 +0000 From: vsnsdualce@memeware.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, misc@openbsd.org, gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org, ci-users@centos.org, centos@centos.org Subject: Re: Thank you for your messages, and Happy New Year ;) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: X-Sender: vsnsdualce@memeware.net 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 Thanks for your response :). Please Spread the word regarding the copyright-holders rights (remeber: the Linux kernel programmers did not sign over their copyrights, one of the reasons Linux grew so quickly amongst developers where GNU very slowly (The FSF will only include code where the copyright has been transferred to it)), thus the various 1000s of linux programmers who didn't work for a company all retain their property rights. A license is just that: license (permission). It is not a transfer of rights. These licenses that were given are non-exclusive (not to just one entity) and are thus cannot be construed as transfers either. It's simply permission to use property, same as if you allowed a neighbor to use an ax you owned (gave them license to use the ax). If that neighbor went and then chopped an enemy to pieces with that ax, limb by limb, joint by joint, applying burning cauterizing oil after each dismemberment, he cannot say "I will not give you back the ax, because I relied on your lease, and thus used the ax in such a way as it would be inconvenient for me to return it to you". The ax is still yours and you may tell your friend: give me my ax back now (this is you rescinding the license).