* DMCA takedown notice - GPC-Slots 2 (after GPL Revocation from "John Doe") @ 2019-02-01 4:38 ` mikeeusa [not found] ` <5c5489478eb20_56f33fd9e9ad45b43146ec@github-lowworker-4f62d42.cp1-iad.github.net.mail> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: mikeeusa @ 2019-02-01 4:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: copyright; +Cc: legal, copyright, linux-kernel, misc, gentoo-user, freebsd-chat **Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed. If possible, include a URL to where it is posted online.** GPC-Slots 2 is a text-mode casino game I created. It includes 5 slot machines, 3 table games (Sic Bo, Craps, and 2 variations of the little wheel), plus Russian Roulette and a stock market. You can enjoy it from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/ *What files should be taken down? Please provide URLs for each file, or if the entire repository, the repository's URL:** http://github.com/MikeeUSA/GPC-Slots-2 **Have you searched for any forks of the allegedly infringing files or repositories? Each fork is a distinct repository and must be identified separately if you believe it is infringing and wish to have it taken down.** Yes, they are also on other platforms, all uploaded by the "John Doe" **Is the work licensed under an open source license? If so, which open source license? Are the allegedly infringing files being used under the open source license, or are they in violation of the license?** Yes. The GPL. However I had revoked the "John Doe"'s license. The license, in this instance, being a bare license. A license without an interest attached is revocable, in the USA. The "John Doe" was not in privity of contract with me, and had not paid me anything for the work. It was licensed to him under a bare license, which had then been rescinded. He thus had not, and does not have, any permission to use, modify, distribute, nor make derivative works of the aforementioned work. Remeber: the license comes from me, the Copyright owner. Not from any document or record: that is simply a memorandum of the terms. I have chosen to revoke the "John Doe"'s license, and not issue any to him further. He has been informed of this. His actions there-after and at current are infringing. **What would be the best solution for the alleged infringement? Are there specific changes the other person can make other than removal?** The only solution that I will accept is you acquiescing to my demand of removal. **Do you have the alleged infringer's contact information? If so, please provide it:** No. You can ask him for it here: 8ch.net/tech/res/1018729.html You can also contact the "John Doe" through the email he registered with you. Don't play dumb. **Please confirm that you have you have read our Guide to Submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice: https://help.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice/** I really do not give half a damn about your guide. It is patronizing and moronic, it sounds as if it were written by a woman, perhaps a paralegal. The fact of the matter is that a bare license is revocable by the grantor. To achieve an irrevocable license one must generally enter into a copyright license contract with the licensor, supported by good consideration. "Obeying the license" is not good consideration as it is a pre-existing legal duty. **So that we can get back to you, please provide either your telephone number or physical address:** Contact me at mikeeusa@redchan.it I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or the law. I have taken fair use into consideration. I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. **Please type your full legal name below to sign this request:** I'm signing with my long-held nom de guerre. Think of it as an X --MikeeUSA-- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
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* Re: DMCA takedown notice [not found] ` <discussions/31b6c69e24b211e98081e6b282f84ff2/comments/5812163@github.com> @ 2019-02-11 23:10 ` mikeeusa 2019-03-06 4:48 ` Martin Schroeder [not found] ` <d6326acd7a9a52a5cf4de2bd3841fc5c@redchan.it> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread From: mikeeusa @ 2019-02-11 23:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel; +Cc: freebsd-chat, misc, editor, news, esr, torvalds, rms You take it down or I sue you, simple as that. I have revoked the license from a number of people, including the John Doe who has chosen to violate my copyright thence-forth. I have signed using my 2 decades long held pen-name. The U.S. Code defines an electronic signature for the purpose of US law as "an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record." My signing with my pen-name suffices for this purpose. What is important is my intent to sign the record, which I have evinced. I have also posted the information on my long-held project page, so that you may know that I am me: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/tkdnreq_github.txt/download https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/takedownreq_vs_johndoe-of-8ch.txt/download (I have also uploaded this response to said /notes/ directory) In addition to many other places. Your contention that I must do anything greater at this point is legally inefficacious. I _DEMAND_ that you take the offending material down immediately. --MikeeUSA-- (Author of GPC-Slots 2) (electronic signature) On 2019-02-06 21:20, GitHub Staff wrote: > Hi MikeeUSA, > > Thank you for your notices, the most recent of which is included below > for reference. > > This DMCA notice is incomplete. It lacks "A physical or electronic > signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an > exclusive right that is allegedly infringed" and "Information > reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the > complaining party." > > Unfortunately, an electronic signature must be a legal name, not a > monicker or username, and we cannot accept disposable or temporary > email addresses as reliable contact information for a DMCA notice. > > Once you've revised your notice to include the required details, > please send back the entire revised notice, and not only the corrected > sections. Once we've received a complete and actionable notice, we'll > process it expeditiously. > > Thanks, > > GitHub Staff > ------------------------- > > I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials > described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the > copyright owner, or its agent, or the law. I have taken fair use into > consideration. > > I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this > notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am > authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that > is allegedly infringed. > : > > As you may know, In the United States; a license, absent an attached > interest, is revocable. > > A "John Doe" had his non-exclusive license regarding the game > "GPC-Slots2" terminated by the copyright owner (me: MikeeUSA). > The copyright owner may do this as-of-right, unless there is an > attached interest (ie: unless the licensee paid good consideration for > the license). > > The "John Doe" then proceeded to belligerently upload a copy of > "GPC-Slots2" to your host, GitHub. > This violated Author's (my) copyright, since "John Doe"'s gratuitous > bare license had been terminated by the copyright holder (me). > > The "John Doe" then proceeded to modify my work, which again violated > my copyright since I had previously revoked his license. > The license flows from me, the copyright owner, not any text. It is > permission to use, redistribute, modify, etc. Instructions on how to > use my property. > When such permission is not supported by any consideration, it may be > rescinded by the owner, at his will. > (/Regardless/ of the "terms". "Terms" are only enforceable against the > grantor if the licensee has paid consideration for them, essentially, > under US law.) > > I have done so. > > I reiterated to the "John Doe" that his license had been terminated. > > "John Doe" then informed me that I "can't do that". I tried to explain > to him US law. > "John Doe" declared that he did not care and would keep the violating > work up, in defiance of me. > (IE: he would "pirate" it) > > He then cited works from a discredited paralegal while I cited > published works by lawyers studied in their field. > > (Note: I make no claim to PERL, the color ansi library, any supporting > libraries, or the -2 split screen function. My copyright covers the > game code of GPC-Slots2. I (MikeeUSA) am the original author of the > work and never signed over copyright to the work.) > (Note: "obeying the terms" (obeying the copyright holders instructions > regarding the use of his property) is not consideration: it is a > preexisting legal duty: outside of the "terms" there is no right for > the licensee to copy, modify, make derivative works, distribute, > distribute derivative works) > > [Additionally "John Doe" registered a fraudulent account under my > long-held non-de-gurre, adding a Code of Conduct ("CoC"), something I > would never do (being opposed to "CoC" for gratis projects on > principal)] > > I now have no choice but to issue a DMCA take-down request, to you, > GitHub. > > Regrettably; > --MikeeUSA-- > (electronic signature) > Jan 29, 2019 > > (Addendum: "John Doe" then uploaded the modified work to gitlab.com > and bitbucket.org > > Contact information: > email: mikeeusa@redchan.it > > infringing content: github.com/MikeeUSA/GPC-Slots-2 > gitlab.com/MikeeUSA/GPC-Slots-2 > bitbucket.org/MikeeUSA/gpc-slots-2 > The material is not authorized by me, the copyright owner of the > GPC-Slots2 game code, as I explicitly rescinded the license from the > "John Doe", and he acknowledged that I had informed him of such and > communicated that he would defy my will regarding my property and > copyright. > Everything stated within this above communication is accurate to the > best of my knowledge and ability. > > Some notices to you, github (and now gitlab and bitbucket): > 1) Yes I viewed your page at: > https://help.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice/ > 2) Yes this is "opensource" code. > 3) No that does not matter: > The GPL(any version), being a bare license, is revocable > ("retroactively"). > Just as any bare license, not supported by an interest, in the US. > The "John Doe" is not in privity of contract with me and has paid me > no consideration. > He cannot "bind" me (the grantor) to the terms. > It is his duty to abide by my instructions regarding my property. > I did not transfer my property away, the license is just that: a > license (temporary permission, that can be rescinded unless a "term" > was indeed "purchased") > It is also his duty to cease all use, modification, distribution of my > property at my demand. > I have made such a demand. > 4) Yes I will consider taking legal action against you if you do not > heed my request. > Cite the paralegal from groklaw, ZDnet, the FSF, and the SFConservancy > all you want. > They are wrong on the law and have been wrong for 10 years. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: DMCA takedown notice 2019-02-11 23:10 ` DMCA takedown notice mikeeusa @ 2019-03-06 4:48 ` Martin Schroeder 2019-03-21 23:15 ` mikeeusa 2019-03-21 23:20 ` DMCA takedown notice - Reply to Martin Schroeder mikeeusa 0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: Martin Schroeder @ 2019-03-06 4:48 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mikeeusa Cc: linux-kernel, freebsd-chat, misc, editor, news, esr, torvalds, rms The fact that you even spend this much time on trying to take back your gift to the community instead of just accepting your responsibility for your own actions is impressive. And unless you sign with your legal name and your copyright notices uses your legal name as well as details of your location then your claims have no effect at all because it is literally impossible to even speculate that you are the copyright holder - let alone proving it beyond any reasonable doubt that it is the case. So if you are serious about this and not just simulating a possible angle of attack on the GPL that somebody else could take to illustrate a possible weakness in the GPL, then stop hiding behind anonymity and file an actual real claim with a court. Should your effort succeed then it is a problem with the law and not with the license. A license that grants certain rights to a copy of a work provided that certain conditions outlined in the license are met should never be revocable from THAT particular copy of the work, unless the terms of the license itself are broken. Having the possibility to arbitrarily revoke rights granted by a license for any other reason than conditions that the licensee was aware of when they accepted the license would have tremendous negative consequences and disruptions to many areas of the society. If the law has a loophole like that then the best thing that we all can do is ensure that it doesn't have it anymore in the near future. On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 12:10 AM <mikeeusa@redchan.it> wrote: > > You take it down or I sue you, simple as that. > > I have revoked the license from a number of people, including the John > Doe who has chosen to violate my copyright thence-forth. > > I have signed using my 2 decades long held pen-name. > > The U.S. Code defines an electronic signature for the purpose of US law > as "an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically > associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a > person with the intent to sign the record." > > My signing with my pen-name suffices for this purpose. What is important > is my intent to sign the record, which I have evinced. > > I have also posted the information on my long-held project page, so that > you may know that I am me: > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/ > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/tkdnreq_github.txt/download > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/takedownreq_vs_johndoe-of-8ch.txt/download > > (I have also uploaded this response to said /notes/ directory) > > In addition to many other places. > Your contention that I must do anything greater at this point is legally > inefficacious. > > I _DEMAND_ that you take the offending material down immediately. > > --MikeeUSA-- > (Author of GPC-Slots 2) > (electronic signature) > > On 2019-02-06 21:20, GitHub Staff wrote: > > Hi MikeeUSA, > > > > Thank you for your notices, the most recent of which is included below > > for reference. > > > > This DMCA notice is incomplete. It lacks "A physical or electronic > > signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an > > exclusive right that is allegedly infringed" and "Information > > reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the > > complaining party." > > > > Unfortunately, an electronic signature must be a legal name, not a > > monicker or username, and we cannot accept disposable or temporary > > email addresses as reliable contact information for a DMCA notice. > > > > Once you've revised your notice to include the required details, > > please send back the entire revised notice, and not only the corrected > > sections. Once we've received a complete and actionable notice, we'll > > process it expeditiously. > > > > Thanks, > > > > GitHub Staff > > ------------------------- > > > > I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials > > described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the > > copyright owner, or its agent, or the law. I have taken fair use into > > consideration. > > > > I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this > > notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am > > authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that > > is allegedly infringed. > > : > > > > As you may know, In the United States; a license, absent an attached > > interest, is revocable. > > > > A "John Doe" had his non-exclusive license regarding the game > > "GPC-Slots2" terminated by the copyright owner (me: MikeeUSA). > > The copyright owner may do this as-of-right, unless there is an > > attached interest (ie: unless the licensee paid good consideration for > > the license). > > > > The "John Doe" then proceeded to belligerently upload a copy of > > "GPC-Slots2" to your host, GitHub. > > This violated Author's (my) copyright, since "John Doe"'s gratuitous > > bare license had been terminated by the copyright holder (me). > > > > The "John Doe" then proceeded to modify my work, which again violated > > my copyright since I had previously revoked his license. > > The license flows from me, the copyright owner, not any text. It is > > permission to use, redistribute, modify, etc. Instructions on how to > > use my property. > > When such permission is not supported by any consideration, it may be > > rescinded by the owner, at his will. > > (/Regardless/ of the "terms". "Terms" are only enforceable against the > > grantor if the licensee has paid consideration for them, essentially, > > under US law.) > > > > I have done so. > > > > I reiterated to the "John Doe" that his license had been terminated. > > > > "John Doe" then informed me that I "can't do that". I tried to explain > > to him US law. > > "John Doe" declared that he did not care and would keep the violating > > work up, in defiance of me. > > (IE: he would "pirate" it) > > > > He then cited works from a discredited paralegal while I cited > > published works by lawyers studied in their field. > > > > (Note: I make no claim to PERL, the color ansi library, any supporting > > libraries, or the -2 split screen function. My copyright covers the > > game code of GPC-Slots2. I (MikeeUSA) am the original author of the > > work and never signed over copyright to the work.) > > (Note: "obeying the terms" (obeying the copyright holders instructions > > regarding the use of his property) is not consideration: it is a > > preexisting legal duty: outside of the "terms" there is no right for > > the licensee to copy, modify, make derivative works, distribute, > > distribute derivative works) > > > > [Additionally "John Doe" registered a fraudulent account under my > > long-held non-de-gurre, adding a Code of Conduct ("CoC"), something I > > would never do (being opposed to "CoC" for gratis projects on > > principal)] > > > > I now have no choice but to issue a DMCA take-down request, to you, > > GitHub. > > > > Regrettably; > > --MikeeUSA-- > > (electronic signature) > > Jan 29, 2019 > > > > (Addendum: "John Doe" then uploaded the modified work to gitlab.com > > and bitbucket.org > > > > Contact information: > > email: mikeeusa@redchan.it > > > > infringing content: github.com/MikeeUSA/GPC-Slots-2 > > gitlab.com/MikeeUSA/GPC-Slots-2 > > bitbucket.org/MikeeUSA/gpc-slots-2 > > The material is not authorized by me, the copyright owner of the > > GPC-Slots2 game code, as I explicitly rescinded the license from the > > "John Doe", and he acknowledged that I had informed him of such and > > communicated that he would defy my will regarding my property and > > copyright. > > Everything stated within this above communication is accurate to the > > best of my knowledge and ability. > > > > Some notices to you, github (and now gitlab and bitbucket): > > 1) Yes I viewed your page at: > > https://help.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice/ > > 2) Yes this is "opensource" code. > > 3) No that does not matter: > > The GPL(any version), being a bare license, is revocable > > ("retroactively"). > > Just as any bare license, not supported by an interest, in the US. > > The "John Doe" is not in privity of contract with me and has paid me > > no consideration. > > He cannot "bind" me (the grantor) to the terms. > > It is his duty to abide by my instructions regarding my property. > > I did not transfer my property away, the license is just that: a > > license (temporary permission, that can be rescinded unless a "term" > > was indeed "purchased") > > It is also his duty to cease all use, modification, distribution of my > > property at my demand. > > I have made such a demand. > > 4) Yes I will consider taking legal action against you if you do not > > heed my request. > > Cite the paralegal from groklaw, ZDnet, the FSF, and the SFConservancy > > all you want. > > They are wrong on the law and have been wrong for 10 years. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: DMCA takedown notice 2019-03-06 4:48 ` Martin Schroeder @ 2019-03-21 23:15 ` mikeeusa 2019-03-21 23:20 ` DMCA takedown notice - Reply to Martin Schroeder mikeeusa 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: mikeeusa @ 2019-03-21 23:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Martin Schroeder Cc: linux-kernel, freebsd-chat, misc, editor, news, esr, torvalds, rms > Should your effort succeed then it is a problem with the law and not > with the license. "The law is wrong because it doesn't commit a taking regarding things that were not transfered" is what this marxist is saying. > A license that grants certain rights to a copy of a work provided that > certain conditions outlined in the license are met should never be > revocable from THAT particular copy of the work, unless the terms of the license itself are broken. That is so: if you paid for those terms. If you paid nothing you get nothing. The linux kernel contributors did not GIVE anything away, they allowed USE of a thing THEY own. If they wanted to GIVE their property away they could have done so by _TRANSFERING_ it to a non profit such as the FSF, or declaring it the domain of the public. They chose to do neither. > Having the possibility to arbitrarily revoke rights granted by a > license for any other reason than conditions that the licensee was > aware of when they accepted the license There was no acceptance required. YOU are not allowed to use the owners property WITHOUT his permission, YOU do not have the right to "accept or reject" his dictats regarding his PROPERTY. You must OBEY the owner's demands regarding HIS property. There is no contract, terms, negotiation here. YOU give nothing, YOU get nothing. > would have tremendous negative consequences and disruptions to many areas of the society. Society is "women and their (female) children". Why should men care for their enemies and slave masters? How is YOU not getting something for free harming "society"? It's how society functions. You must pay Society (Women) your whole life for a little taste, and then they send you to prison or the poorhouse once they're done with you. > If the law has a loophole This is not a loop hole. It is a basic function of US contracting and licensing law. Just because you don't like that a gratis non-exclusive license that you have benefited under while also trying to use to convert the Author's property whilst kicking him to the curb, is revocable by that Author, doesn't mean there is some "loophole" here. It works as designed: the Copyright owner is a property owner and can decide how his property is to be used. If you want a non-revocable-outside-the-terms license you must contract for one and pay the author good consideration. > like that then the best thing that we all can do is ensure that it > doesn't have it anymore in the near future. Who the FUCK is "WE" WHO is "WE" "WE" isn't me. And I damn sure am a Open Source progammer, music producer, media creator, 3d modeler, game designer, etc. And I am NOT "WE". Maybe "WE" is faggot hangers-on like yourself? Who just take from the "males" and then try to dispossess them of even their dignity while converting their works? On 2019-03-06 04:48, Martin Schroeder wrote: > The fact that you even spend this much time on trying to take back > your gift to the community instead of just accepting your > responsibility for your own actions is impressive. And unless you sign > with your legal name and your copyright notices uses your legal name > as well as details of your location then your claims have no effect at > all because it is literally impossible to even speculate that you are > the copyright holder - let alone proving it beyond any reasonable > doubt that it is the case. So if you are serious about this and not > just simulating a possible angle of attack on the GPL that somebody > else could take to illustrate a possible weakness in the GPL, then > stop hiding behind anonymity and file an actual real claim with a > court. > > Should your effort succeed then it is a problem with the law and not > with the license. A license that grants certain rights to a copy of a > work provided that certain conditions outlined in the license are met > should never be revocable from THAT particular copy of the work, > unless the terms of the license itself are broken. Having the > possibility to arbitrarily revoke rights granted by a license for any > other reason than conditions that the licensee was aware of when they > accepted the license would have tremendous negative consequences and > disruptions to many areas of the society. If the law has a loophole > like that then the best thing that we all can do is ensure that it > doesn't have it anymore in the near future. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 12:10 AM <mikeeusa@redchan.it> wrote: >> >> You take it down or I sue you, simple as that. >> >> I have revoked the license from a number of people, including the John >> Doe who has chosen to violate my copyright thence-forth. >> >> I have signed using my 2 decades long held pen-name. >> >> The U.S. Code defines an electronic signature for the purpose of US >> law >> as "an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically >> associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by >> a >> person with the intent to sign the record." >> >> My signing with my pen-name suffices for this purpose. What is >> important >> is my intent to sign the record, which I have evinced. >> >> I have also posted the information on my long-held project page, so >> that >> you may know that I am me: >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/ >> >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/tkdnreq_github.txt/download >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/takedownreq_vs_johndoe-of-8ch.txt/download >> >> (I have also uploaded this response to said /notes/ directory) >> >> In addition to many other places. >> Your contention that I must do anything greater at this point is >> legally >> inefficacious. >> >> I _DEMAND_ that you take the offending material down immediately. >> >> --MikeeUSA-- >> (Author of GPC-Slots 2) >> (electronic signature) >> >> On 2019-02-06 21:20, GitHub Staff wrote: >> > Hi MikeeUSA, >> > >> > Thank you for your notices, the most recent of which is included below >> > for reference. >> > >> > This DMCA notice is incomplete. It lacks "A physical or electronic >> > signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an >> > exclusive right that is allegedly infringed" and "Information >> > reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the >> > complaining party." >> > >> > Unfortunately, an electronic signature must be a legal name, not a >> > monicker or username, and we cannot accept disposable or temporary >> > email addresses as reliable contact information for a DMCA notice. >> > >> > Once you've revised your notice to include the required details, >> > please send back the entire revised notice, and not only the corrected >> > sections. Once we've received a complete and actionable notice, we'll >> > process it expeditiously. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > GitHub Staff >> > ------------------------- >> > >> > I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials >> > described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the >> > copyright owner, or its agent, or the law. I have taken fair use into >> > consideration. >> > >> > I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this >> > notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am >> > authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that >> > is allegedly infringed. >> > : >> > >> > As you may know, In the United States; a license, absent an attached >> > interest, is revocable. >> > >> > A "John Doe" had his non-exclusive license regarding the game >> > "GPC-Slots2" terminated by the copyright owner (me: MikeeUSA). >> > The copyright owner may do this as-of-right, unless there is an >> > attached interest (ie: unless the licensee paid good consideration for >> > the license). >> > >> > The "John Doe" then proceeded to belligerently upload a copy of >> > "GPC-Slots2" to your host, GitHub. >> > This violated Author's (my) copyright, since "John Doe"'s gratuitous >> > bare license had been terminated by the copyright holder (me). >> > >> > The "John Doe" then proceeded to modify my work, which again violated >> > my copyright since I had previously revoked his license. >> > The license flows from me, the copyright owner, not any text. It is >> > permission to use, redistribute, modify, etc. Instructions on how to >> > use my property. >> > When such permission is not supported by any consideration, it may be >> > rescinded by the owner, at his will. >> > (/Regardless/ of the "terms". "Terms" are only enforceable against the >> > grantor if the licensee has paid consideration for them, essentially, >> > under US law.) >> > >> > I have done so. >> > >> > I reiterated to the "John Doe" that his license had been terminated. >> > >> > "John Doe" then informed me that I "can't do that". I tried to explain >> > to him US law. >> > "John Doe" declared that he did not care and would keep the violating >> > work up, in defiance of me. >> > (IE: he would "pirate" it) >> > >> > He then cited works from a discredited paralegal while I cited >> > published works by lawyers studied in their field. >> > >> > (Note: I make no claim to PERL, the color ansi library, any supporting >> > libraries, or the -2 split screen function. My copyright covers the >> > game code of GPC-Slots2. I (MikeeUSA) am the original author of the >> > work and never signed over copyright to the work.) >> > (Note: "obeying the terms" (obeying the copyright holders instructions >> > regarding the use of his property) is not consideration: it is a >> > preexisting legal duty: outside of the "terms" there is no right for >> > the licensee to copy, modify, make derivative works, distribute, >> > distribute derivative works) >> > >> > [Additionally "John Doe" registered a fraudulent account under my >> > long-held non-de-gurre, adding a Code of Conduct ("CoC"), something I >> > would never do (being opposed to "CoC" for gratis projects on >> > principal)] >> > >> > I now have no choice but to issue a DMCA take-down request, to you, >> > GitHub. >> > >> > Regrettably; >> > --MikeeUSA-- >> > (electronic signature) >> > Jan 29, 2019 >> > >> > (Addendum: "John Doe" then uploaded the modified work to gitlab.com >> > and bitbucket.org >> > >> > Contact information: >> > email: mikeeusa@redchan.it >> > >> > infringing content: github.com/MikeeUSA/GPC-Slots-2 >> > gitlab.com/MikeeUSA/GPC-Slots-2 >> > bitbucket.org/MikeeUSA/gpc-slots-2 >> > The material is not authorized by me, the copyright owner of the >> > GPC-Slots2 game code, as I explicitly rescinded the license from the >> > "John Doe", and he acknowledged that I had informed him of such and >> > communicated that he would defy my will regarding my property and >> > copyright. >> > Everything stated within this above communication is accurate to the >> > best of my knowledge and ability. >> > >> > Some notices to you, github (and now gitlab and bitbucket): >> > 1) Yes I viewed your page at: >> > https://help.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice/ >> > 2) Yes this is "opensource" code. >> > 3) No that does not matter: >> > The GPL(any version), being a bare license, is revocable >> > ("retroactively"). >> > Just as any bare license, not supported by an interest, in the US. >> > The "John Doe" is not in privity of contract with me and has paid me >> > no consideration. >> > He cannot "bind" me (the grantor) to the terms. >> > It is his duty to abide by my instructions regarding my property. >> > I did not transfer my property away, the license is just that: a >> > license (temporary permission, that can be rescinded unless a "term" >> > was indeed "purchased") >> > It is also his duty to cease all use, modification, distribution of my >> > property at my demand. >> > I have made such a demand. >> > 4) Yes I will consider taking legal action against you if you do not >> > heed my request. >> > Cite the paralegal from groklaw, ZDnet, the FSF, and the SFConservancy >> > all you want. >> > They are wrong on the law and have been wrong for 10 years. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: DMCA takedown notice - Reply to Martin Schroeder 2019-03-06 4:48 ` Martin Schroeder 2019-03-21 23:15 ` mikeeusa @ 2019-03-21 23:20 ` mikeeusa 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: mikeeusa @ 2019-03-21 23:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Martin Schroeder Cc: linux-kernel, freebsd-chat, misc, editor, news, esr, torvalds, rms > Should your effort succeed then it is a problem with the law and not > with the license. "The law is wrong because it doesn't commit a taking regarding things that were not transferred" is what this marxist is saying. > A license that grants certain rights to a copy of a work provided that > certain conditions outlined in the license are met should never be > revocable from THAT particular copy of the work, unless the terms of > the license itself are broken. That is so: if you paid for those terms. If you paid nothing you get nothing. The linux kernel contributors did not GIVE anything away, they allowed USE of a thing THEY own. If they wanted to GIVE their property away they could have done so by _TRANSFERRING_ it to a non profit such as the FSF, or declaring it the domain of the public. They chose to do neither. > Having the possibility to arbitrarily revoke rights granted by a > license for any other reason than conditions that the licensee was > aware of when they accepted the license There was no acceptance required. YOU are not allowed to use the owners property WITHOUT his permission, YOU do not have the right to "accept or reject" his dictats regarding his PROPERTY. You must OBEY the owner's demands regarding HIS property. There is no contract, terms, negotiation here. YOU give nothing, YOU get nothing. > would have tremendous negative consequences and disruptions to many > areas of the society. Society is "women and their (female) children". Why should men care for their enemies and slave masters? How is YOU not getting something for free harming "society"? It's how society functions. You must pay Society (Women) your whole life for a little taste, and then they send you to prison or the poorhouse once they're done with you. > If the law has a loophole This is not a loop hole. It is a basic function of US contracting and licensing law. Just because you don't like that a gratis non-exclusive license that you have benefited under while also trying to use to convert the Author's property whilst kicking him to the curb, is revocable by that Author, doesn't mean there is some "loophole" here. It works as designed: the Copyright owner is a property owner and can decide how his property is to be used. If you want a non-revocable-outside-the-terms license you must contract for one and pay the author good consideration. > like that then the best thing that we all can do is ensure that it > doesn't have it anymore in the near future. Who the FUCK is "WE" WHO is "WE" "WE" isn't me. And I damn sure am a Open Source progammer, music producer, media creator, 3d modeler, game designer, etc. And I am NOT "WE". Maybe "WE" is faggot hangers-on like yourself? Who just take from the "males" and then try to dispossess them of even their dignity while converting their works? On 2019-03-06 04:48, Martin Schroeder wrote: > The fact that you even spend this much time on trying to take back > your gift to the community instead of just accepting your > responsibility for your own actions is impressive. And unless you sign > with your legal name and your copyright notices uses your legal name > as well as details of your location then your claims have no effect at > all because it is literally impossible to even speculate that you are > the copyright holder - let alone proving it beyond any reasonable > doubt that it is the case. So if you are serious about this and not > just simulating a possible angle of attack on the GPL that somebody > else could take to illustrate a possible weakness in the GPL, then > stop hiding behind anonymity and file an actual real claim with a > court. > > Should your effort succeed then it is a problem with the law and not > with the license. A license that grants certain rights to a copy of a > work provided that certain conditions outlined in the license are met > should never be revocable from THAT particular copy of the work, > unless the terms of the license itself are broken. Having the > possibility to arbitrarily revoke rights granted by a license for any > other reason than conditions that the licensee was aware of when they > accepted the license would have tremendous negative consequences and > disruptions to many areas of the society. If the law has a loophole > like that then the best thing that we all can do is ensure that it > doesn't have it anymore in the near future. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 12:10 AM <mikeeusa@redchan.it> wrote: >> >> You take it down or I sue you, simple as that. >> >> I have revoked the license from a number of people, including the John >> Doe who has chosen to violate my copyright thence-forth. >> >> I have signed using my 2 decades long held pen-name. >> >> The U.S. Code defines an electronic signature for the purpose of US >> law >> as "an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically >> associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by >> a >> person with the intent to sign the record." >> >> My signing with my pen-name suffices for this purpose. What is >> important >> is my intent to sign the record, which I have evinced. >> >> I have also posted the information on my long-held project page, so >> that >> you may know that I am me: >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/ >> >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/tkdnreq_github.txt/download >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/takedownreq_vs_johndoe-of-8ch.txt/download >> >> (I have also uploaded this response to said /notes/ directory) >> >> In addition to many other places. >> Your contention that I must do anything greater at this point is >> legally >> inefficacious. >> >> I _DEMAND_ that you take the offending material down immediately. >> >> --MikeeUSA-- >> (Author of GPC-Slots 2) >> (electronic signature) >> >> On 2019-02-06 21:20, GitHub Staff wrote: >> > Hi MikeeUSA, >> > >> > Thank you for your notices, the most recent of which is included below >> > for reference. >> > >> > This DMCA notice is incomplete. It lacks "A physical or electronic >> > signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an >> > exclusive right that is allegedly infringed" and "Information >> > reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the >> > complaining party." >> > >> > Unfortunately, an electronic signature must be a legal name, not a >> > monicker or username, and we cannot accept disposable or temporary >> > email addresses as reliable contact information for a DMCA notice. >> > >> > Once you've revised your notice to include the required details, >> > please send back the entire revised notice, and not only the corrected >> > sections. Once we've received a complete and actionable notice, we'll >> > process it expeditiously. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > GitHub Staff >> > ------------------------- >> > >> > I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials >> > described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the >> > copyright owner, or its agent, or the law. I have taken fair use into >> > consideration. >> > >> > I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this >> > notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am >> > authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that >> > is allegedly infringed. >> > : >> > >> > As you may know, In the United States; a license, absent an attached >> > interest, is revocable. >> > >> > A "John Doe" had his non-exclusive license regarding the game >> > "GPC-Slots2" terminated by the copyright owner (me: MikeeUSA). >> > The copyright owner may do this as-of-right, unless there is an >> > attached interest (ie: unless the licensee paid good consideration for >> > the license). >> > >> > The "John Doe" then proceeded to belligerently upload a copy of >> > "GPC-Slots2" to your host, GitHub. >> > This violated Author's (my) copyright, since "John Doe"'s gratuitous >> > bare license had been terminated by the copyright holder (me). >> > >> > The "John Doe" then proceeded to modify my work, which again violated >> > my copyright since I had previously revoked his license. >> > The license flows from me, the copyright owner, not any text. It is >> > permission to use, redistribute, modify, etc. Instructions on how to >> > use my property. >> > When such permission is not supported by any consideration, it may be >> > rescinded by the owner, at his will. >> > (/Regardless/ of the "terms". "Terms" are only enforceable against the >> > grantor if the licensee has paid consideration for them, essentially, >> > under US law.) >> > >> > I have done so. >> > >> > I reiterated to the "John Doe" that his license had been terminated. >> > >> > "John Doe" then informed me that I "can't do that". I tried to explain >> > to him US law. >> > "John Doe" declared that he did not care and would keep the violating >> > work up, in defiance of me. >> > (IE: he would "pirate" it) >> > >> > He then cited works from a discredited paralegal while I cited >> > published works by lawyers studied in their field. >> > >> > (Note: I make no claim to PERL, the color ansi library, any supporting >> > libraries, or the -2 split screen function. My copyright covers the >> > game code of GPC-Slots2. I (MikeeUSA) am the original author of the >> > work and never signed over copyright to the work.) >> > (Note: "obeying the terms" (obeying the copyright holders instructions >> > regarding the use of his property) is not consideration: it is a >> > preexisting legal duty: outside of the "terms" there is no right for >> > the licensee to copy, modify, make derivative works, distribute, >> > distribute derivative works) >> > >> > [Additionally "John Doe" registered a fraudulent account under my >> > long-held non-de-gurre, adding a Code of Conduct ("CoC"), something I >> > would never do (being opposed to "CoC" for gratis projects on >> > principal)] >> > >> > I now have no choice but to issue a DMCA take-down request, to you, >> > GitHub. >> > >> > Regrettably; >> > --MikeeUSA-- >> > (electronic signature) >> > Jan 29, 2019 >> > >> > (Addendum: "John Doe" then uploaded the modified work to gitlab.com >> > and bitbucket.org >> > >> > Contact information: >> > email: mikeeusa@redchan.it >> > >> > infringing content: github.com/MikeeUSA/GPC-Slots-2 >> > gitlab.com/MikeeUSA/GPC-Slots-2 >> > bitbucket.org/MikeeUSA/gpc-slots-2 >> > The material is not authorized by me, the copyright owner of the >> > GPC-Slots2 game code, as I explicitly rescinded the license from the >> > "John Doe", and he acknowledged that I had informed him of such and >> > communicated that he would defy my will regarding my property and >> > copyright. >> > Everything stated within this above communication is accurate to the >> > best of my knowledge and ability. >> > >> > Some notices to you, github (and now gitlab and bitbucket): >> > 1) Yes I viewed your page at: >> > https://help.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice/ >> > 2) Yes this is "opensource" code. >> > 3) No that does not matter: >> > The GPL(any version), being a bare license, is revocable >> > ("retroactively"). >> > Just as any bare license, not supported by an interest, in the US. >> > The "John Doe" is not in privity of contract with me and has paid me >> > no consideration. >> > He cannot "bind" me (the grantor) to the terms. >> > It is his duty to abide by my instructions regarding my property. >> > I did not transfer my property away, the license is just that: a >> > license (temporary permission, that can be rescinded unless a "term" >> > was indeed "purchased") >> > It is also his duty to cease all use, modification, distribution of my >> > property at my demand. >> > I have made such a demand. >> > 4) Yes I will consider taking legal action against you if you do not >> > heed my request. >> > Cite the paralegal from groklaw, ZDnet, the FSF, and the SFConservancy >> > all you want. >> > They are wrong on the law and have been wrong for 10 years. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
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* Re: DMCA takedown notice [not found] ` <discussions/31b6c69e24b211e98081e6b282f84ff2/comments/5851873@github.com> @ 2019-03-06 2:08 ` mikeeusa [not found] ` <1ad00463db02ac58f89c4ac99b2299e4@redchan.it> ` (2 subsequent siblings) 3 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: mikeeusa @ 2019-03-06 2:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel, editor, misc, esr My publishing of these notices on my long-held sourceforge account, along side the download link is sufficient for a reasonable person to conclude that I, the author of the program, am the issuer of the request. This is the very spot that the John Doe has obtained the work. Secondly it is my exclusive right, as the copyright holder, to control the distribution of the work as I see fit, and to control the creation and distribution of derivatives of the work. I have chosen to do so in rescinding the license of the John Doe. An exclusive right of mine has been violated by the John Doe subsequently, and with notice of the revocation. A license, that is not supported by an interest, is revocable in the United States of America. An interest attaches when a licensee pays the copyright holder for the receipt of a license, or transmits valuable bargained-for consideration to the copyright holder. Absent such an attached interest there exists only a revocable-at-will bare license. Here the John Doe did neither, and does not hold an attached interest with which to bind me to any supposed promise. Any such promise is illusory. Additionally, the acknowledgement and assent regarding a per-existing legal duty is not valid consideration. The url you link to advances a false legal theory unsupported under US Jurisprudence. In the Artifex v Hancom cited by proponents of the "GPL is a contract (and always a contract)" view much is made of this proclamation by the lower court in the 9th circuit: >"Not so. The GNU GPL, which is attached to the complaint, provides that the Ghostscript user agrees to its terms if the user does not obtain a commercial license." This is patently false. The GPL contains no such language, The offer to do business on the plaintiff's website (regarding the Artifex case) DOES contain such language The court conflates that language into "the GPL" in this case. The GPL, in fact, declares the the user does not have to agree to any of it's terms. I invite you to consult this learned treatise: (1) https://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Licensing-Software-Intellectual/dp/0131487876 In addition to ENFORCING THE GNU GPL by Sapna Kumar (page 16) (2) http://illinoisjltp.com/journal/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kumar.pdf Legal Implications of Open-Source Software by David McGowan, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School: (3) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=249130 All of which explain in concise terms, easily understandable by the lay person, why the GPL is revocable from non-paying licensees. I am an attorney, and I reiterate my demands. Signed; --MikeeUSA-- On 2019-02-20 20:10, GitHub Staff wrote: > Hi MikeeUSA, > > Unfortunately, a pen name does not suffice when used in combination > with a disposable email address. Whether under the definition in 15 > U.S.C 7006(5) which you cited, or as used in the DMCA, an electronic > signature needs to be associated with a person, as that term is > defined by 15 U.S.C. 7006(8). A psuedonym, without other information > that would allow us to associate that with a specific, identifiable > person, does not meet 17 U.S.C. 512(3)(a)(i)'s requirement that it be > signed by an authorized person. As a practical matter, this is > especially necessary where, as you claim, an account that may not be > you is posting content using that same pseudonym. > > Even if that were not so, your notice would still be incomplete in two > other ways. > > First, it lacks "information reasonably sufficient to permit the > service provider to contact the complaining party," as you've used a > disposable email address and provided no other contact information > that would be sufficient to assure we can contact the complaining > party. This type of reliable contact information is required by 17 > U.S.C. 512(3)(a)(iv). > > Second, your notice does not appear to identify material which > infringes on any exclusive rights in the original work. Both your > source code and the repositories you identified are published under > GPL licenses. You have not identified any way in which those > repositories violate the GPL, and without more detail we cannot > determine how redistributing or modifying GPL-licensed code would > constitute infringing activity. While GitHub is not in a position to > provide you with legal advice, here is an informative link about the > irrevocability of GPL licenses: > https://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guidech8.html#x11-540007.4 > > Once you've revised your notice to include the required details, > please send back the entire revised notice, and not only the corrected > sections. Once we've received a complete and actionable notice, we > will process it expeditiously. > > Thanks, > > GitHub Staff ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
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* Re: DMCA takedown notice [not found] ` <discussions/31b6c69e24b211e98081e6b282f84ff2/comments/5870232@github.com> @ 2019-03-16 3:21 ` mikeeusa 2019-04-03 11:24 ` License revocation from GitHub and GitHub Staff (regarding GPC-Slots 2) " mikeeusa 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: mikeeusa @ 2019-03-16 3:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: GitHub Staff; +Cc: linux-kernel, esr, misc I am going to sue your staff for contributory copyright infringement in their personal capacity, in addition to you company. I have given you ample notice to remove the work. > Moreover, you have not addressed other doctrines, such as reliance or > promissory estoppel, which would prevent revocation even in the absence > of valuable consideration. These are equitable defenses. Not defenses-at-law. They are determined on a case by case basis. Promissory estoppel is most often "awarded" when a defendant has, on the reliance of explicit promises to him by the owner, laid out monies to purchase improvements for the affected property. An example is when one builds extra buildings on a piece of land one was promised ownership on upon the owners death. It is much related to the old Livery of Seisin which was used in the conveyance of land and is, in fact, a modern substitute for it. There is little relevance between such and a licensee, one of many, who, for no outlay, had permission to use a piece of software. Permission which was later revoked. > Similarly, based on the information you've provided, we are unable to > locate facts which would support for your argument that any of the GPL > licensed code here was granted that license without an exchange of > valuable consideration. The John Doe would have to prove that there was a contract, it is not me, the copyright holder, who's duty it is to show that there was none. One cannot prove a negative. You know this very well. It is the consideration (payment) that would create a contract which a licensee could attempt to rely upon. Where there is no such consideration there is no contract. Here the John Doe admitted that he simply downloaded the work and also admitted that there was no contract between him and I "Thank God", he added. This is attested to in the original complaint, the John Doe is quoted, and his testimony is linked. However it is not my duty to prove to you that there is _not_ any consideration. That is proving a negative. It is a duty of the John Doe's defense to prove that there is such a payment, which there is not. I was never paid by the John Doe. You are being completely disingenuous here. You think you are clever, but you will be sorry once my legal bill is being paid out of your personal expenses for your blatant copyright infringement of my work. The courts won't think you're "cute" or "clever". I have addressed your claim that my signature was invalid. Your understanding of what is required of a signature and the purpose of a signature is incorrect. A signature simply shows assent of the party to the validity of the document. An X is sufficient. Here I have chosen to use my long-held pen name, MikeeUSA. I have also published these notices at the place of the publication of the work, to give further confirmation. https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/notes/ Forewarned is forearmed. Sincerely, Signed, --MikeeUSA-- On 2019-03-07 02:30, GitHub Staff wrote: > Hi MikeeUSA, > > I've done my best to address your concerns below. Until you provide a > complete DMCA takedown notice, we are unable to act on your request. > >> My publishing of these notices on my long-held sourceforge account, >> along side the download link is sufficient for a reasonable person >> to conclude that I, the author of the program, am the issuer of the >> request. > > As explained in our previous email, that is not the standard required > by 17 U.S.C. 512(3)(a)(i). > >> I have chosen to do so in rescinding the license of the John Doe. > > Based on the information you've provided, we are unable to determine > that any valid license revocation has taken place here. > >> A license, that is not supported by an interest, is revocable ... >> An interest attaches when a licensee pays >> the copyright holder for the receipt of a license, or transmits >> valuable >> bargained-for consideration to the copyright holder. Absent such >> anattached >> interest there exists only a revocable-at-will bare license. > > Similarly, based on the information you've provided, we are unable to > locate facts which would support for your argument that any of the GPL > licensed code here was granted that license without an exchange of > valuable consideration. Moreover, you have not addressed other > doctrines, such as reliance or promissory estoppel, which would > prevent revocation even in the absence of valuable consideration. > >> The url you link to advances a false legal theory unsupported under US >> Jurisprudence. > > While they are in easily-missed footnotes, the linked article contains > citations to three cases which support their respective underlying > legal theories. Please note the article is provided for informational > purposes, and GitHub is unable to give legal advice about open-source > licensing or copyright questions. > > If you would like to revise your notice to include the required > details, please send back the entire revised notice, and not only the > corrected > sections. Once we've received a complete and actionable DMCA notice, > we will process it expeditiously. > > Thanks, > > GitHub Staff ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* License revocation from GitHub and GitHub Staff (regarding GPC-Slots 2) Re: DMCA takedown notice [not found] ` <discussions/31b6c69e24b211e98081e6b282f84ff2/comments/5870232@github.com> 2019-03-16 3:21 ` mikeeusa @ 2019-04-03 11:24 ` mikeeusa 1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: mikeeusa @ 2019-04-03 11:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: GitHub Staff; +Cc: linux-kernel, esr, misc I have, at this moment, chosen to terminate any permissions GitHub and the GitHub Staff have enjoyed regarding my protected work (GPC-Slots 2). Any allowances GitHub (GH) and the GitHub Staff (staff) had regarding GPC-Slots 2 (the work) is hereby revocated, rescinded, and made null. The allowances memorialized in the writing known as the "GPL" are rescinded from GitHub and the GitHub staff. I am not in privity of contract regarding the licensing and distribution of GPC-Slots 2 with GitHub nor any of the GitHub staff, nor have I ever been. I have not been paid any good, value, or consideration for the dispensation of the permissions. The permissions are freely revocable by me, the Copyright Holder, in furtherance of my pursuit of my various exclusive rights regarding the work, none of which I have transferred or contracted away for value. Should Git Hub or any member of the Git Hub Staff choose to defy my wishes, regarding the work, I will seek remedy at my pleasure: both against the corporate person and in their individual capacities. Signed; --MikeeUSA-- Note: I have posted this notice at the original place of download, of the work, lest there be any contrived confusion regarding veracity of person or pleasure. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* GPL Is Revocable - 4chan discussion [not found] ` <discussions/31b6c69e24b211e98081e6b282f84ff2/comments/5851873@github.com> 2019-03-06 2:08 ` DMCA takedown notice mikeeusa [not found] ` <1ad00463db02ac58f89c4ac99b2299e4@redchan.it> @ 2019-04-26 10:56 ` mikeeusa 2019-05-03 19:31 ` Free Licenses are revocable by the Copyright holder mikeeusa 3 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: mikeeusa @ 2019-04-26 10:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel, editor, misc, esr, rms http://boards.4channel.org/g/thread/70699483 Thought you might be interested. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Free Licenses are revocable by the Copyright holder. [not found] ` <discussions/31b6c69e24b211e98081e6b282f84ff2/comments/5851873@github.com> ` (2 preceding siblings ...) 2019-04-26 10:56 ` GPL Is Revocable - 4chan discussion mikeeusa @ 2019-05-03 19:31 ` mikeeusa 3 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread From: mikeeusa @ 2019-05-03 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel, editor, misc, esr, rms A defense against license revocation is the existence of a contractual relationship between the copyright-owner and the licensee. However, where no such relationship exists, no such protection is apparent. Obeying a preexisting legal duty (such as to not commit copyright infringement by using/modifying/etc a work without permission) is insufficient to create a contract. Illusory promises are not binding upon the grantor. For those who have chosen to not pay the Grantor of a "G" "P" "L" (GPL) license, the license can be revocated at the will of the copyright owner. ""retroactively"" Remeber: non-exclusive licenses do not transfer any rights. Only permissions (license), which can be revoked, and without a contractual agreement such revocations do not give rise to damages against the Copyright owner. Nothing gets you nothing. > WE'RE GOING TO DISBAR YOU, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE LICENSED FOR LONG. Go fuck yourself, enemy. http://boards.4channel.org/g/thread/70789199 --- > Artifex! In Artifex v. Hancom the court doesn't even correctly identify the GPL. It misconstrues the preliminary ("pay us for commercial license or use the GPL") writing (offer to do business) + the GPL as "The GPL". Additionally in Artifex the situation is where the licensee decided NOT to pay and NOT to obey the GPL gratis license either, thus Violating the Contract the court construed created by the licensee "accepting" the preliminary writing / offer to do buisness ("Pay us OR GPL") (licensee chose : NEITHER! But I still USE! HAHA!"). The remedy is EITHER a breach of contract remedy (for not paying under the preliminary license) OR (and NOT BOTH) Copyright Damages for violating the license. Copyright holder was given the option to decide. This have little relevance to where a Copyright Owner allows gratis (free) licensees and then chose to withdraw/cancel/rescind the gratis licenses. Regardless of what smoke FSF / SFLC and corp wish to blow up your ass. --- > Not true, you enter an implicit contract the moment you start using a > product with a free license. Note that I've said product, not service. > Services can very much update their terms and conditions, and > frequently do so. Equally the creator can change the conditions and > licensing on updates or new versions of a product. You can't be revoked > a free license for a product you're already using though. Incorrect, where the user has paid no fee (or service or action) to the copyright holder, there is nothing to support the existance of a contract where the user could hold the copyrightholder to the "terms". (IE: the free-taker attacking the hand that fed him) The user MUST obey the license, but that is due to copyright law, not contracting law. A court, may, at it's discretion, choose not to enforce the Copyright Holder's lawful rights under equity, of course, and may indeed do so for a lay user (a consumer). The use allowance would likely only extend to actual use of the software: not modification and public distribution. (So-far, one must note, the courts only did so for commercial software for paying customers, some 1990s cases) The Copyright Holder can prevent the use of its code in new versions of the product, aswell as new distribution of "old" versions of it's code (IE: pressing new CDs containing the now-withdrawn code (or new-downloads of said withdrawn code)). Shops that have old linux distributions with stock of old linux CDs would likely be-able to still sell that stock, however modification and distribution of the withdrawn code would not be allowed by the user of such. The Copyright owner has not transfered his interest in controlling the distribution and modification, etc of his work. He has simply allowed it to occur, free of charge. That can end at any time. The FSF requires a transfer of copyright for this very reason, regardless of what other surface excuses they give as excuses (which almost seem like fraud-in-the-inducement, honestly) --- >> 70752638 > Did you go to a legitimate law school or did you study law all by > yourself? Legitimate law school. My professors from the school agree that free licenses do not create a contract, and the license is revocable: They take it as a matter of course: it's obvious on it's face. >> 70752641 > That's not how licensing works, you fucking idiot. Yes it is. You are thinking of commercial copyright license contracts, which is what your handbooks inform you on. The entirety of the "irrevocability" argument you find therein is the existance of a contract between the grantor and the licensee, which binds both to the terms. With free licenses no such contract exists, due to a lack of consideration on the part of the licensee; and no: "I promise to not violate your copyright" is not valid consideration as it is a pre-existing legal duty. Other lawyers who have expressed similar opinions are David McGowan and Lawrence Rosen, in addition to Kumar (author to a rather famous paper on the subject). Lawyers who have concretely stated otherwise are: No one. The best you get is a highly couched statement of dissimulation from one Red Hat attorney who was hired by the Software Freedom Conservancy. More recently the Male Red Hat attorneys put out a statement that tacitly acknowleges revocation as a danger from "judgement proof" individuals (IE: pennyless, unemployed, NEETs, who can't be fired from the job they don't have in retaliation, and hold no recoverables (thus the threat of protacted litigation and legal fees during holds no sway over them)), individuals who happen to make up a sizeable portion of Open Source copyright holders. >> 70753928 > Oh man, I'd fuck Yotsugi. >> 70753918 > cute doll Correct >> 70753935 > why make this thread every day? Because you do not like this thread yet. --- >> 70762568 > This is why you either do not accept contributions at all or use a > CLA. Exactly. Which the FSF has _ALWAYS_ required. It is linus that changed this tone, and linux did profit from it with much more programmers than it otherwise would have had. Any statement by the FSF etc to the contrary is simply trying to give free cover to linux etc for a problem the FSF didn't actually create. Very generous of them, but not legally accurate. --- >> 70766437 > Promissory estoppel. Promissory estopple is an equitable defense, used when a heir is promised land, then improves the land outlay of monies, and then the estate denies him title. In this area it's related to the ancient livery of seizin, and without reference to that would not have been accepted by the courts in the first place. Another area it's used is when a worker would otherwise be dispossessed of his rightful renumeration because of some failure in contract formation, the courts sometimes use promissory estopple to get the promissor to not stiff the contract worker. Here it's similar to quantum meruit in a way, or quazi contact theories. A third time it's used is when a father promises a daughter something, the courts felt bad for the daughter (a woman, duh) and estopped the father from not giving her money. In the first and third case it involves a family member and a one to one promise from the estate holder. In the second case it involves a worker who did the work and was about to get screwed. In no cases has it involved non-exclusive "promises" to random unidentified strangers involving software licenses. --- >> 70765621 I would never earn a dime from it. The best case scenario is that 2 trillion dollars worth of value vanishes from the economy with the revocation of the linux kernel permissions by the copyright holders. Which they CAN do if they chose to. --- I want everyone to understand that "promissory estopple" is the LAST port of call for a dying contract, and it is NOT a defense at law: it is a defense in equity. Every time a delinquent apartment dweller gets thrown out of their apartment they claim "promissory estopple". The court might give them a few more months to pack their things. When the other side rests their case on promissory estopple that means they have no case at law: they are simply going to beg the court "THIS IS NOT FAIR, PLEASE DO NOT ENFORCE THE LAWFUL RIGHTS OF THE PLAINTIFF AGAINST ME". It is at the courts discretion to enforce your rights or not, and since self-help is not allowed anymore in most cases, if the court won't help you you're not getting any help. What the other side is saying here is that the court should just simply give you the apartment. That it is "fair" that they get to convert your property to their property, for nothing, because. Since the other side is a bunch of "_women_" and "_supporters_of_women_" perhaps they have a super strong case that they should effectively own YOUR copyrights, MMMAALLLEESSS. --- >> 70766513 > Also, the consideration here would be the right to work on the project, > which is good and valuable because of the reputation, experience, etc. > which comes from contributing code. Linus needed permission from nobody to contribute code to himself. Consideration, to be valid, must be bargained-for consideration. Non-bargained for consideration is no consideration at all. Those copyright holders who licensed their patches under the GPL, did not necessarily seek fame, reputation, etc, and such was not promised by the linux project to those programmers in exchange for the licensing of the code. There was no exchange of bargained-for consideration. > Thanks for playing, anon. Sorry snaky fuck, I've researched this far more than you, am an attorney, and can cite 3 other attorneys who have published papers and books recognizing that the GPL is revocable. --- >> 70791852 By law the rights one has to anothers work, by default, are: nothing. You cannot modify the work, you cannot distribute the work, you cannot make derivative works of the work, you cannot copy the work. You have a pre-existing legal duty to obey copyright law. The owner of the work then grants you permission to: modify the work, distribute the work, create derivatives based on the work, distribute derivative works based on the work. He is not agreeing to any contract with you. He is stating how he will allow you to use his property. You "agreeing" to abide by his instructions regarding his property is not "consideration" as it is a pre-existing legal duty if you want to use/modify/distribute the work at all. See the images: >>70791847 >>70791638 Or read: >>70791578 --- >> 70792249 Wrongo. Without paying consideration, the free licensee cannot hold the licensor to any promise not to revoke. --- >> 70792239 > suiseiseki is best doll She's kinda mean to the MC, I like her alot ofcourse, but I think her sister abit more. > ...do people no realize this? If you didn't sign a legally-binding > contract, you probably aren't under a legally-binding contract? They will simply ignore you. They want something for nothing. Basically they want to commit the tort of conversion against the copyright owner and have the courts agree to that. See: Pre-existing duty rule, and Illusory Promise The licensee only has license to use the work so-long as the licensor does not revoke that permission. Since the licensee has not secured his interest, he has no defense at law to revocation. --- >> 70792280 > "quote" > Let's libel David McGowan, Lawrence Rosen, and Sapnar Kumar now! >> https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/1857/ >> https://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Licensing-Software-Intellectual/dp/0131487876 >> https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=243237 Those three attorneys are correct on the GPL. No one has ever been able to come up with a paper refuting them. (And no the couched words at the FSF do not count: logically those "updates" don't actually say anything, but a non-lawyer wouldn't understand). Eben Moglen, over half a year ago claimed he would write a paper showing the GPL irrevocable (see lkml mailing list)... we're still waiting. --- >> 70793195 Yes, I am a US attorney, I am talking about US law. >> 70793199 Oh the 9th circuit non-binding dicta where they wax poetically in the middle of the decision for a page an a half about how they love linux, and then rule exactly the opposite in the actual opinion. Yea I've read that case.. and the thing is... I'm an attorney so I know what non-binding dicta is. And you don't, because you're not. Still doesn't matter: that "consideration" wasn't bargained for. You giving something that that someone doesn't want and didn't ask for doesn't suffice as consideration. --- >> 70793247 > Why is THAT possible and not Because you did not pay. It's that simple. If you did pay for a license, and there are specific conditions regarding revocation, the courts in the 90s decided that if you were a consumer, it would hold the commercial entity that sold you that license to those terms equally, because your purchase of the license was consideration. When you get a license for free, there is no consideration. "But I PROMISED to only modify/distribute/etc the work in accordance to the permission granted to me by the copyright holder, isn't that a Promise for a Promise". No: That's a pre-existing duty. You have no right, outside of the owners consent, to modify, distribute, create derivative works. You do have a DUTY to obey US Copyright Law, and not violate his copyright. Only his permission allows you to do these things regarding his work: so you assenting to his "gift" of permission is not a detriment against you. No consideration there. > some entrapment of sorts? Applies only to police vs criminal situations (criminal law), not civil law. --- >> 70793313 The lay idiots here 1) Think the 9th circuits' opinion is binding on the whole of the USA 2) Think the 9th circuit ruled on the issue (it did not: that is non-binding dicta, it's not even binding on the lower courts) 3) Don't notice that the 9th circuit court of appeals, a few pages later, ruled in the opposite direction of it's dicta and found NO contract: only bare copyright license, and sent the case back down to the lower court. Additionally, even if there were all those "nice" things the Copyright Owner was allegedly receiving (things made of thin air, which are worthless: the 9th circuit is said to be "a bunch of woman worshiping faggots", as we all know, (like all white men (regardless of religion))), if the Copyright Owner didn't seek such things, didn't bargain for them, there is STILL no valid consideration. You can't just hand me something I don't want and didn't ask you for and claim you satisfied contract formation. Yet that is what all the white boys here are claiming. --- >> 70793438 >> 70793336 > > When you get a license for free, there is no consideration. > So if you provide a free cubic meter of concrete during house > construction in the USA, you can later turn around and reclaim that > free cubic meter of concrete even if the house collapses? That would be a gift, not a license. A license is permission. A gift is a transfer. > If someone presents you money, they can reclaim it the day after you > spent it because it was "no consideration"? Lel. Depends on the terms of the loan. You do know creditor law, correct? > > Applies only to police vs criminal situations (criminal law), not civil law. > Seriously? You can beg the court not to enforce someone legal right immediatly, this is done all the time in apartment disputes, the court might give you a few more months to move out when you cry under Equity (not law) "HE PROMISED! IT'S NOT FAIR". Depends on if you're a white woman or not. Blacks get treated like shit regardless of gender, men get treated like shit regardless of race. > Your civil law has no analogous protections (even if they're not called > entrapment legally)? It's called a contract, but to have one you need to give the other person something that they bargained with you for. Nothing gets you nothing; it's very fair. >> 70793474 Opensource licenses are never litigated unless there is a corollary agreement that can provide for monies. IE: "Hey, you can pay us for a commercial license, or use the GPL" etc. People who give things away for free don't have money for lawyers, additionally if they didn't register their copyright before the violation, even if a same-similar violation occurs after registration from the same party, they can still only get damages (no statutory damages, not attorneys fees). The damages for a thing costing nothing is nothing, usually. --- >> 70793484 > A Court's decision influences other Courts. If another Federal Court > brings up a similar case they will look to this case and probably rule > similarly. Do you know what non binding dicta is? Nothing was ruled upon regarding the GPL's revocability in that case. > My main reason for bringing that case up is that the Court upheld the > license's conditions as valid. That should work both ways if the > conditions were valid that means any line that says >>70791519 is also > valid. No. The court held that the license was not a contract, that it was only a copyright license. Meaning that the licensee was duty-bound to obey the license, and if he chose to impinge upon the Owner's federal copyright rights outside of the license, he was committing copyright infringement and damages as such were obtainable. The court ruled that the license was _not_ a contract (the violator wanted it ruled a contract so he could get away with just whatever the contract damages would be, which would be much less than statutory damages + attorney's fees, or profit damages) and sent the case back down to the lower court to dispose of it properly. Did you even read the case? --- >> 70793784 Looks like you missed this: >>70789214 shit for brains. The printer driver company sued some violator, the court said the violator either had to pay the printer driver company the asked-for commercial license fee, or suffer damages under federal copyright law, and it was the printer driver's decision which way it wanted to go: pretend the violator simply had a commercial license contract and failed to pay, or find them to be violating the copyright because they didn't abide by the GPL. IE: commercial license contract OR no commercial license contract, copyright infringement instead. This was not a case of a copyright holder rescinding a license from a free-taker who wasn't asked for nor did tender any consideration. Also the court didn't even correctly identify "The GPL" and took "The GPL" to be the commercial copyright license offer + the (actual) gpl. Sorry kid, try again. The FSF (and bruce perens) is blowing smoke up your ass once again. > Google requires 20 more captchas... really doesn't like this thead. > FUCK YOU GOOGLE WOMAN WORSHIPING FAGGOTS: THE GPL ____IS_____ REVOCABLE > FROM FREE TAKERS --- >> 70793810 Nope. If the licensee wishes to distribute the work at all, he must do so only with the copyright owners permission. The copyright owner is not allowing distribution sans-license text. The licensee has no pre-existing right to distribute the work, nor derivatives of the work. >> 70793828 The owner can revoke permission to distribute, make derivatives, make copys, of his work at his will, unless the licensee has secure rights otherwise. The licensee secures said rights by entering into a valid copyright license contract, supported by valid consideration. Of which there is none for the free-taker. "I will not distribute your property in a way I am not permitted to" is not valid consideration. >20 bicycles later >> 70793941 It does not matter what the license promises, at all. You did not pay valid valuable bargained for consideration to the licensee: you cannot rely on those statements. It is an Illusory Promise. You "agreeing" to those "terms" is not valid consideration because such is subject to the Pre-Existing Duty Rule. You have no right to do anything regarding the property without the owner's permission, agreeing to abide by the owner's rules regarding his property is simply a duty you must follow if you do not wish to violate the Copyright statute. You have a pre-existing duty to obey applicable laws. > Myriads of storefronts and crosswalks later --- >> 70793958 > A license is what it says it is. Yes, permission. Permission that can be revoked by the owner of the thing being licensed, unless there exists some secured interest against him doing so. > You are licensed to use that work by the author provide that you agree > to abide by the conditions. As long as he wishes for you to do so. If he chooses to end that permission he can do so at any time, unless you have a valid secured interest against him doing so: by having a valid contract backed by bargained for valid consideration. > The author cannot revoke your access for no reason if there's literally > a section that that says it's irrevocable. Yes they can. Without a contract that is an illusary promise. Non-binding on the grantor. If you want it to be binding: pay him something he's asking for, and not something you already have a duty to do or preclude yourself from doing absent permission. Or let >>70791638 Yotsugi and >>70791847 Yotsuba explain it to you. Or how about Sapna Kumar: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/1857/ --- >> 70794023 They won't listen because they are lay idiots, or opposing counsel. >> 70794036 1: that is non-binding dicta, in a case involving the artistic license. 2: the court ruled against what you think the dicta suggests, ruling that the artistic license was not a contract, and was instead a BARE copyright license. 3: If you did not ask for "fame bla bla bla" and X gives you "fame bla bla bla", that "consideration" he tendered you is NOT VALID because YOU DID NO REQUEST IT. Sapna Kumar's paper touches upon this, seems you didn't bother to read it. Now, last time I checked, GPLv2, even GPLv3, did not ask for "fame and recognition" in exchange for "freeloaders doing whatever they want with my copyrighted work, forever and ever amen". There is no consideration. Bullshit consideration is not allowed by many courts either ("Hey, I gave him a pen! For this 100,000,000 dollar mansion" 'Oh looks like a estate tax dodge' --Court), so the 9th circuit can wax poetically all it wants, it doesn't make it so in the rest of the country (even though YOU THINK IT DOES), and doesn't make it so even in their circuit (because they did not rule on it). --- >> 70794077 > How does that the requirement to distribute the license text with the > work is a Pre-Existing Duty? You have no pre-existing right to distribute the work, you only have permission, by the copyright holder, to distribute it in the way he has instructed. If you do not do it in the way he has instructed, but do so in some other way, it is simply a violation of his right of distribution under the Copyright statute. You must obey the Copyright statute. You promising to obey the law is not valid consideration. "You may distribute my work in this way" Is purely a gratuity to you. It is more than "You may not distribute my work at all" --- --- >> 70775710 > ITT: Redditors with Reddit spacing pretend they are lawyers who know > anything about copyright law. https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/1857/ https://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Licensing-Software-Intellectual/dp/0131487876 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=243237 Read up. --- >>> 70794074 > So this is what he meant when he said libre. Yes. Free works both ways: you are free from payment, and also free from rights. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 11+ messages in thread
* Re: DMCA takedown notice
@ 2019-03-06 2:10 mikeeusa
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From: mikeeusa @ 2019-03-06 2:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
My publishing of these notices on my long-held sourceforge account,
along side the download link is sufficient for a reasonable person
to conclude that I, the author of the program, am the issuer of the
request.
This is the very spot that the John Doe has obtained the work.
Secondly it is my exclusive right, as the copyright holder, to control
the distribution of the work as I see fit, and to control the creation
and distribution of derivatives of the work.
I have chosen to do so in rescinding the license of the John Doe.
An exclusive right of mine has been violated by the John Doe
subsequently,
and with notice of the revocation.
A license, that is not supported by an interest, is revocable in the
United States of America. An interest attaches when a licensee pays
the copyright holder for the receipt of a license, or transmits valuable
bargained-for consideration to the copyright holder. Absent such an
attached
interest there exists only a revocable-at-will bare license.
Here the John Doe did neither, and does not hold an attached interest
with which to bind me to any supposed promise. Any such promise is
illusory.
Additionally, the acknowledgement and assent regarding a per-existing
legal duty is not valid consideration.
The url you link to advances a false legal theory unsupported under US
Jurisprudence.
In the Artifex v Hancom cited by proponents of the "GPL is a contract
(and always a contract)" view much is made of this proclamation by the
lower court in the 9th circuit:
>"Not so. The GNU GPL, which is attached to the complaint, provides
that the Ghostscript user agrees to its terms if the user does not
obtain a commercial license."
This is patently false. The GPL contains no such language, The offer to
do business on the plaintiff's website (regarding the Artifex case) DOES
contain such language The court conflates that language into "the GPL"
in this case. The GPL, in fact, declares the the user does not have to
agree to any of it's terms.
I invite you to consult this learned treatise:
(1)
https://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Licensing-Software-Intellectual/dp/0131487876
In addition to ENFORCING THE GNU GPL by Sapna Kumar (page 16)
(2) http://illinoisjltp.com/journal/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kumar.pdf
Legal Implications of Open-Source Software by David McGowan, Professor
of Law, University of Minnesota Law School:
(3) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=249130
All of which explain in concise terms, easily understandable by the lay
person, why the GPL is revocable from non-paying licensees.
I am an attorney, and I reiterate my demands.
Signed;
--MikeeUSA--
On 2019-02-20 20:10, GitHub Staff wrote:
> Hi MikeeUSA,
>
> Unfortunately, a pen name does not suffice when used in combination
> with a disposable email address. Whether under the definition in 15
> U.S.C 7006(5) which you cited, or as used in the DMCA, an electronic
> signature needs to be associated with a person, as that term is
> defined by 15 U.S.C. 7006(8). A psuedonym, without other information
> that would allow us to associate that with a specific, identifiable
> person, does not meet 17 U.S.C. 512(3)(a)(i)'s requirement that it be
> signed by an authorized person. As a practical matter, this is
> especially necessary where, as you claim, an account that may not be
> you is posting content using that same pseudonym.
>
> Even if that were not so, your notice would still be incomplete in two
> other ways.
>
> First, it lacks "information reasonably sufficient to permit the
> service provider to contact the complaining party," as you've used a
> disposable email address and provided no other contact information
> that would be sufficient to assure we can contact the complaining
> party. This type of reliable contact information is required by 17
> U.S.C. 512(3)(a)(iv).
>
> Second, your notice does not appear to identify material which
> infringes on any exclusive rights in the original work. Both your
> source code and the repositories you identified are published under
> GPL licenses. You have not identified any way in which those
> repositories violate the GPL, and without more detail we cannot
> determine how redistributing or modifying GPL-licensed code would
> constitute infringing activity. While GitHub is not in a position to
> provide you with legal advice, here is an informative link about the
> irrevocability of GPL licenses:
> https://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guidech8.html#x11-540007.4
>
> Once you've revised your notice to include the required details,
> please send back the entire revised notice, and not only the corrected
> sections. Once we've received a complete and actionable notice, we
> will process it expeditiously.
>
> Thanks,
>
> GitHub Staff
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