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_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 1835AC34022 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 07:28:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7392176D for ; Wed, 19 Feb 2020 07:28:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=waifu.club header.i=@waifu.club header.b="s0MeqOnp" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726609AbgBSH2W (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:28:22 -0500 Received: from mx1.cock.li ([185.10.68.5]:35299 "EHLO cock.li" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726515AbgBSH2V (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:28:21 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=waifu.club; s=mail; t=1582097297; bh=rDCX0rPj2NphfuIrQrrcOhO9sJLDdTgRun+b8SQDr7s=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=s0MeqOnp4UxbGX2B6SpCtZJu8623Od0MxNOMe6oH3ZBPtlUs5LAcQ3izQfDb5iAMj t7mENgGc0wROBNkjfXt3t6Q5szZMu6jRpwarF5MUU4KmDOa3gRqs63dWgN+KQj3fz2 I2lfQnzj8Ln8IpBXr4HihlUu8CtnubhORAko//E6jD5ECY019S9dIwNynlfgjoWcLc BnNDSwggm7GpUE2gGOSZqhzKQyM0CuG+S/pJmQVdJK3pHfVv1m4fjeOCLwIZS3w9ID siMHCjRX0L8pVO72GjY/hfL/F0YYWHmuLvrSVy8E+eBIbdsA+DWvDA4NbHcP4WpsR5 8W6lNsvK2GacQ== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 07:28:16 +0000 From: agentoranger@waifu.club To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: The GPL has teeth, but they're not attached to a jaw. Message-ID: X-Sender: agentoranger@waifu.club User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.10 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The GPL has teeth, but they're not attached to a jaw. Dear RMS; If you don't want to defend free software in the courts anymore, if you don't want to be involved at all, maybe you need to make an announcement. People still look up to you as "the head", but if you want to be an "old decrepit man with no drive" now... you need to tell everyone about your retirement. This "we can't do anything" thought is complete bullshit from Bradly Kuhn, and whatever other morons you're hanging out with these days: it does NOT come from ANY ip lawyers. You have a good case on the GCC side, and the linux kernel copyright holders have a great case, atleast on the law (now on recovery...) You can nail these people (Grsecurity) to a pillar. But you won't encourage that. You've sold the GPL dream down the BSD river. Why? Because some women complained about your opinions? This is pathetic, get some testosterone injections and fight. What are you afraid of? Grsecurity suing you for libel too? They are blatantly violating the GPL. Section 6 and section 4. They are both civilly liable for damages, and (since they've made over 1k off of their direct copyright infringement) criminally liable. That is: Bradly spengler aswell as those assisting him. Why should any of us (mostly men) programmers have anything to do with Free Software if YOU will not bear your teeth once in awhile and force compliance with the license you have asked us to use: to put fear into those who would otherwise violate it and bar us from the full fruits of our programmatic efforts? Tell me that? Or do you just not care if men contribute to Free Software anymore: You think the women will do this hobby for free like the men have? They won't. You're living in a dreamworld if you think otherwise (men fall in love with engineering; that's why they're willing to do it for free). The same dreamworld where you listen to the likes of Bradly Kuhn, even now, a completely unqualified individual who always tryst to STYMIE and SLOWDOWN any legal action this past half decade (or more). I can't believe 1) some woman complaining and 2) Grsecurity's libel-lawsuit threats have shut you up, taken you down, and ended Free Software (the share-and-share-alike strain). But that's what has happened. Grsecurity has gotten away with it, every other company knows it, they are BLATANTLY violating section 6 and 4 (of v2 of the GPL), EVERYONE knows it, NOTHING will be done about it. GPL is BSD license, effectively, because the white male programmers are scumbag wimps who won't even SUE. They won't even _SUE_. It doesn't take any physical effort to sue. If you'd bother to register your copyrights lawyers would be happy to help you with getting those statutory damages. This is... it's just beyond words. It's basically all a lie: everything you've claimed to others: because without enforcement the GPL and all it stands for, all you've campaigned for, is just ... well just as effective as this email. With regret,