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? I think not. Indeed the Raymond/Olanich paper at http://www.catb.org/esr/Licensing-HOWTO.html#changing discusses changing the license on OSS, which of course involves revoking the previous license. -- Using RELAX NG compact syntax to John Cowan <co...@ccil.org> develop schemas is one of the simple http://www.ccil.org/~cowan pleasures in life.... --Jeni Tennison <co...@ccil.org> _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss