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Not So Simple
Not So Simple
Posted Dec 5, 2003 14:51 UTC (Fri) by piman (subscriber, #8957)In reply to: Not So Simple by ncm
Parent article: The GPL Is a License, not a Contract
Revoking a license is not the same as uninviting someone to dinner, and evicting them for trespassing if they do. It's much more like telling someone that they couldn't have come over for dinner last week, when you happily served them, and then immediately demanding your time, food, and occupied space back.
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Not So Simple
Posted Dec 7, 2003 23:37 UTC (Sun) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]
This is getting silly.Copyright law is about publishing. If you give somebody license to publish your book this year, you can decide to have somebody else publish it next year. Withdrawing your permission doesn't mean they have to recall and destroy all the books they published. It means they have to stop publishing. That's all it means.
The case of software distribution is the same. When your license to publish is withdrawn, you just have to stop publishing. If you have a derived work, you should make sure that they have promised not to withdraw permission. The FSF makes that promise.