On 20/09/18 10:27, unconditionedwitn...@redchan.it wrote: > Contributors can, at any time, rescind the license grant regarding their > property via written notice to those whom they are rescinding the grant > from (regarding their property (code)).
I know others have already said it, but: This is legally nonsense. The only way I can revoke someone's rights to my code under the GPL is if they violate the terms of the GPL. If I were to do so otherwise, then _I_ would be in violation for having distributed derived works of the kernel without a GPL, not to mention the obvious reliance/estoppel problems. Moreover, even if I _could_ revoke the license, I wouldn't want to do so; it would be ridiculously petty in itself and the precedent it would set would be destructive to the entire open-source community, about which I care deeply. It is _because_ Linux and other open-source projects are so important to humanity that I spoke up about what I perceive as a threat to it. In short, "unconditionedwitness", please shut up. You're not helping.
