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I don't think a license is considered property.
I don't think a license is considered property.
Posted Dec 4, 2003 18:13 UTC (Thu) by ncm (subscriber, #165)In reply to: I don't think a license is considered property. by guybar
Parent article: The GPL Is a License, not a Contract
The GPL does not claim to be irrevocable. It's not clear that it would be even if it did say so. (That's probably why it doesn't.) The owner is allowed to change his mind about anything, including the revocation. He can't do it retroactively, but that doesn't help us much.
Revocation wouldn't make existing copies illegal, but it would keep you from distributing more.
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