begin  quoting John H. Robinson, IV as of Wed, May 02, 2007 at 08:47:46AM -0700:
> Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> > 
> > At best, it's murky.  At worst, you're wrong.
> 
> By this logic, if you purchase a BSD license, then it too can be
> retroactively revoked. Even if there is a non-revokability clause. All
> the enemy needs is better lawyers.

That's all the enemy ever needs.

> This leads us to a point where the only code we can possibly use is the
> code we write ourselves.

Um, no.

There's also purchased software.

People used to _buy_ software, including source, once upon a time.

> Your claim of murkiness smacks of FUD. Large piles of it.

Nah. It's just Andrew's natural cynicism.

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