Re: Yes: The linux devs can rescind their license grant. GPLv2 is a bare license and is revocable by the grantor.

Hi, i'm not replying to the trolls (or their off-topic rants) in this thread, and i'm not spamming other project's lists. Instead, i'd merely like to clarify a point that is actually on topic on this list, to avoid that users get confused by FUD. One of the trolls wrote: > A gratuitous

RE: Yes: The linux devs can rescind their license grant. GPLv2 is a bare license and is revocable by the grantor.

zeur here. > NOTHING to hold them to a promise THEY NEVER MADE. This is what I've suspected for a long time -- the only solution appears to be the public domain. For jurisdictions were the public domain is not legally recognized (I've been told they exist), a workaround /may/ be to not attach

Re: Yes: The linux devs can rescind their license grant. GPLv2 is a bare license and is revocable by the grantor.

(2) ... (I am not going to go over the legal mistakes you've made, because of (1))... I have not made legal mistakes, pompous programmer asshole*. A gratuitous license, absent an attached interest, is revocable at will. This goes for GPLv2 as used by linux, just as it goes for the BSD

Re: Yes: The linux devs can rescind their license grant. GPLv2 is a bare license and is revocable by the grantor.

(1) Wrong mailing lists - these are not linux mailing lists. (2) ... (I am not going to go over the legal mistakes you've made, because of (1))... (3) Anyways, ... people do make mistakes... But, please stop making these mistakes. Thanks, -- Raul On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 10:55 AM wrote: > >