Threats of "blackballing" from industry if copyright-holders rescind.

2019-01-06 Thread vnsndalce
lol, you people are idiots. In a time where you can and will be fired and ruined for ticking the wrong box, rescinding your code from a project such as the linux kernel will just blackball you from the entire industry forever. For good reason too. I wouldn't play with someone who takes the ball

ZDNet article on GPL is wrong and misleading. PJ (paralegal) does not fully understand the law she's spoke about.

2019-01-03 Thread vnsndalce
Often cited now is a ZDNet article as proof that the black-letter law is wrong. https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-if-you-try-to-take-your-code-out-of-linux/ In there is quoted: In 2008, Pamela Jones at Groklaw remarked to an earlier attempt to take code out of the kernel, "[You] can'

Re: CoC loving Linux programmers swear the GPLv2 is irrevocable. They are wrong. (As are the women they wish to empower).

2019-01-01 Thread vnsndalce
Band together as a Bloc and take action together. (Bloc revocation). One practice note: do not send a cease-and-desist before-hand. Do not let your lawyer send a cease-and-desist before-hand. If a potential defendant knows that their liberties regarding a copyrighted work is in question from enti

A license is a temporary grant, not a transfer.

2018-12-28 Thread vnsndalce
1013746 If you think that rescinding the GPLv2 is possible why don't you do it :^) You do realize that a license pertains to the licensed article, do you not? Do you imagine that the goal is to "blanket rescind all licenses using the GPLv2 verbiage"? Is that it? Are you that stupid a lay pe