John Cowan writes: > Russ Nelson scripsit: > > > And yet we know that bridges collapse. Is it reasonable to take steps > > against bridges collapsing? We (mostly) don't build bridges out of > > wood (software from moral rights countries), but instead out of steel > > and concrete (countries where people cannot retroactively change the > > license on open source software). > > Has anyone tried to revoke their (or their predecessor's) license > and lost in court?
That's something different. I know that there's a theory which says that copyright permissions, even if granted "irrevokably", can be withdrawn. That's not what I'm talking about here. I'm talking about moral rights, where you can put something under an open source license which (at least in our theory) allow changes without limit and yet the law of the country where moral rights exist allows the copyright holder to *prohibit* changes without limit. I hear a lot of whistling past the graveyard here. As people point out, it's never happened yet, and so it never will happen. Not a cause for concern; move along, nothing to see here. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss