Re: patches (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-09-02 13:53 (#K719)

That might not be the full conclusion to the issue. The GPL likely falls under the contract theory of copyright licenses: it is not a bare license.

http://www.law.washington.edu/lta/swp/law/contractvlicense.html

Contracts, unless fully integrated, are not evaluated solely on the words within the four corners of the contract document. The GPL makes no mention of being fully integrated. Brad Spengler may very well be violating an unwritten portion of the agreement with this closing of the derivative work and it's rescission from public use. It is a theory that will have to be tested in court, and one of the thousands of contributors to the kernel will be needed as a plaintiff for standing to sue, but once that is achieved a suit can move forward against Spengler of GRSecurity.
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