Rebecca Giblin on chokepoint capitalism
Rebecca Giblin on chokepoint capitalism
Posted Mar 31, 2023 1:01 UTC (Fri) by NYKevin (subscriber, #129325)In reply to: Rebecca Giblin on chokepoint capitalism by paulj
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Indeed, not only does it include licenses in general, it includes licenses that explicitly forbid such termination:
> (5)Termination of the grant may be effected notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, including an agreement to make a will or to make any future grant.
So you can't fix this by adding a clause to a future version of the GPL. You just have to accept the fact that people can take their copyright back. However, for larger projects, you can probably argue that it's a "joint work" and requires a majority, as other commenters have noted.