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Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Posted Jan 29, 2008 9:14 UTC (Tue) by danielhedblom (guest, #47307)
In reply to: Revocable GPL (Groklaw) by ncm
Parent article: The Non-Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

I suggest you talk a long session with a lawyer on this. I have never ever heard of someone
succeding in revoking a license if terms in said license hasnt been reached. The GPL license
is very clear and do not contain any terms that can be used to revoke the license from the
issuers point.

The only thing the issuer can do is to dual license or license new bits under a different
license. You cant take something you have already given away or sold back without something
explicitly stating you are entitled to do so in a contract/license. 



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Revocable GPL (Groklaw)

Posted Jan 29, 2008 15:54 UTC (Tue) by charlieb (subscriber, #23340) [Link]

> The only thing the issuer can do is to dual license or license
> new bits under a different license. 

The issuer can also issue new (different) licenses for the same bits.

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