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Hmm. Is there some specific case law relevant here? I'm having trouble buying into the idea that an agreement can be unilaterally rescinded and the law doesn't
by dpark 9y ago
Hmm. Is there some specific case law relevant here? I'm having trouble buying into the idea that an agreement can be unilaterally rescinded and the law doesn't care.
If I agree that my neighbor can have 5 feet on my side of the property line in perpetuity and put the offer in writing, I can simply change my mind later and take it back?
- zaphar 9y agoIANAL but my understanding is that giving someone something is not the same as giving someone a license to use it. If you have your neighbor permission to use that five feet then yes you can revoke it. But if you instead gave your neighbor that 5 feet then you would not be able to revoke it. A key part of most open source licenses is that the author is not giving up ownership of the code. This is why many projects require a copyright reassignments for contributions to avoid being hamstrung by an author revoking their right to use that contribution sometime in the future.