7 Sep
2006
7 Sep
'06
5:12 a.m.
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.
US case law has well set precedents on this issue. Recent case jorg schillings cdrtools was relicenced only under the CDDL so Debian has thrown out cdrtools and forked a gpld version for further development.
could you give the case law.
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Kenneth Gonsalves
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