linux-kernel - Threats of "blackballing" from industry if copyright-holders rescind.

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Date:   Sun, 06 Jan 2019 08:58:53 +0000
From:   vnsndalce@...eware.net
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gentoo-user@...ts.gentoo.org,
        freebsd-chat@...ebsd.org, misc@...nbsd.org
Subject: Threats of "blackballing" from industry if copyright-holders rescind.

> lol, you people are idiots. In a time where you can and will be fired 
> and ruined for ticking the wrong box, rescinding your code from a 
> project such as the linux kernel will just blackball you from the 
> entire industry forever. For good reason too. I wouldn't play with 
> someone who takes the ball home when he gets mad either.

Why to think like a wageslave.

The old-school linux contributors did not do it for money, and their 
copyrights (obviously) are still good.

Why would you give a shit if you were blacklisted from "the industry", 
you have a cause of action in your hands. Legal action can reap you 
dividends that you would never otherwise achieve through your entire 
life.

A cause of action is worth 100 or 1000 of your earning years, often.

> lol, you people are idiots. In a time where you can and will be fired 
> and ruined for ticking the wrong box, rescinding your code from a 
> project such as the linux kernel will just blackball you from the 
> entire industry forever. For good reason too. I wouldn't play with 
> someone who takes the ball home when he gets mad either.

If bloc-recissions and litigation happen, you may not have an industry 
to blackball them from.

And you can't "just reimplement" the removed code and functionality 
either: as that may be infringing on the previous work as-well :). More 
litigation follows to determine that.

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Explanation in plain American:
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