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Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Posted Jan 29, 2008 5:42 UTC (Tue) by atai (subscriber, #10977)
In reply to: Revocable GPL (Groklaw) by ncm
Parent article: The Non-Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

I assume your interpretation, if holds true by a court in a country, applies to most free
software licenses, such as the BSD license as well, as applied in the area under the effective
control of that country.  Nothing specific to the GPL.


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Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Posted Jan 29, 2008 19:53 UTC (Tue) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

There is a bit specific to the GPL: the statement that the copyright owner extends the license
to each new recipient.  That's implied in other licenses, but not stated.  However, I agree
that it doesn't seem to make much difference.

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