On Friday 08 September 2006 12:22, Devdas Bhagat wrote:
On 07/09/06 10:42 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On 07-Sep-06, at 10:18 AM, jtd wrote:
No. The gpl (or any copyright) can be revoked. But the earlier release and use is protected and cannot be revovked. so u can fork the earlier version and continue.
revoker can prevent you from forking also afaik.
Erm, no./ Previous versions of the code stay under whatever license they were released under, and that won't change. The license only changes for a newer codebase.
Wasn't that the case with WINE? In the reverse though, they shifted to GPL from some other license (probably BSD), that allowed commercial apps to be made out from the source without the modifications having to be sent back to the original codebase.
That's how Cedega and Crossover exist I suppose. They forked the WINE code under the old license.
I could be wrong.