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Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Posted Jan 31, 2008 19:51 UTC (Thu) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
In reply to: Revocable GPL (Groklaw) by rahvin
Parent article: The Non-Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

In essence, (1) rahvin knows better than any lawyer, (2) it would be very inconvenient if he
was wrong, (3) popcorn!; *therefore* there's nothing to worry about.

That's some fine reasoning.  


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Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Posted Feb 1, 2008 21:54 UTC (Fri) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link]

Isn't that precisely your own reasoning, though? (1) ncm knows better than the lawyers who
drew up the document in the first place; (2) it would be very inconvenient if he were right;
(3) OMFGBBQZ!!!!

Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Posted Feb 2, 2008 6:07 UTC (Sat) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

The lawyers who drew up the document in the first place don't claim to know either.  Not
knowing is itself the problem.

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