>> 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.
Actually, like Chris Conrad said, this isn't necessarily the case -- even though you are *contractually* right. The problem is -- that no one *signed* that contract. These are gentle/wo/men's agreements. They are essentially the same as a click-wrap agreement in terms of enforceability. That being said, there is still legal recourse, just as there was/is with click-wrap agreements. It's just not clear how much. Mark Janssen, JD
