Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 01 Jan 2019 23:30:48 +0000 | From | vsnsdualce@memeware ... | Subject | Re: Thank you for your messages, and Happy New Year ;) |
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Thanks for your response :).
Please Spread the word regarding the copyright-holders rights (remeber: the Linux kernel programmers did not sign over their copyrights, one of the reasons Linux grew so quickly amongst developers where GNU very slowly (The FSF will only include code where the copyright has been transferred to it)), thus the various 1000s of linux programmers who didn't work for a company all retain their property rights.
A license is just that: license (permission). It is not a transfer of rights. These licenses that were given are non-exclusive (not to just one entity) and are thus cannot be construed as transfers either.
It's simply permission to use property, same as if you allowed a neighbor to use an ax you owned (gave them license to use the ax).
If that neighbor went and then chopped an enemy to pieces with that ax, limb by limb, joint by joint, applying burning cauterizing oil after each dismemberment, he cannot say "I will not give you back the ax, because I relied on your lease, and thus used the ax in such a way as it would be inconvenient for me to return it to you".
The ax is still yours and you may tell your friend: give me my ax back now (this is you rescinding the license).
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