On 2019-01-28, Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 07:24:17PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >>Resending to the list -- I didn't notice that Ivan had sent this to me only, >>and my reply, of course, then went to him only. > > How strange; both that Ivan would mail you privately, and also I wonder > what the context was that prompted Ben to post the message starting this > thread in the first place. > > When considering what is possible or not in law, especially when more > than one self-professed legal expert (vsnsdualce?) are in conflict with > one another, it sometimes helps to look at what has *actually happened*. > I don't believe that any court has yet ruled to support the revocation > of the GPL. When threats of such a thing come from Eric Raymond of all > people, I make sure I put plenty of salt on my shopping list. >
Threat doesn't seem like the appropriate word for whatever's coming from Eric Raymond concerning the matter.
