Stewart Stremler wrote: > 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.
See the lawyer comment above. I don't see purchased software as a safe refuge. Then with the code we wrte ourselves, there is the patent issue. Maybe the best thing to do is hide under a rock. > > Your claim of murkiness smacks of FUD. Large piles of it. > > Nah. It's just Andrew's natural cynicism. That could well be, but phrased in a very FUDish manner. I have spread FUD before, but it was due to a misunderstanding on my part, so I know how easy it can be to do it, even unintentionally. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
