On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 17:48 Bob Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
> Honestly, anyone who gets one of these should say no > > what would you all think if people quietly took derived works of software > licensed under one license and took silence as assent to relicense > > Does this mean that with an unanswered email i can now release my re > licensed as ISC version of gcc? or the linux kernel? > > This sort of action just means that any software you write can be > plagiarized against your will if you did not find out about it in time. > > thats really not cool > > If you write software this is not a world you want to live in. Even if > it does mean a anyone who can fork a github repo could get rid of the GPL > after a period of non response from an author (dont go on vacation). As > much as I might not agree with the GPL personally, I respect someones right > to release thier work under a license and have it respected. without having > to constantly answer emails and click web links telling people no > > > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 10:58 Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The start suggests they want to privately collect sufficient consensus > > > to pass their agenda. They appear to be considering all actions in > > > the tree (including mine) on equal grounds. > > > > I already sent them a clear "NO, i explicitly object to relicensing > > any of my contributions." > > > > If any of you care about the possibility of merging future OpenSSL > > improvements to LibreSSL and OpenBSD, i suggest you do the same. > > > > Similarly, if any of you dislike publishing their own code under Apache > 2. > > There has been no discussion amongst the greater community of > developers as to which license to take. Apache 2 has come as an edict > from Rich Salz. > > There has also been no statement from the original authorship that this > is the way to go. > > I suspect there is a lack of approval from some, and manufacturing > consent in volume is the approach being taken. > > > Apparently lawyers are being paid to help them push this through. Is > that being paid for by donations people gave after Heartbleed? Is > this why people donated? > >
