On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 11:40:06AM -0700, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> (Sorry for just intejecting into the discussion like this, but....)
> 
> >From what I understand of the history of WASTE. At one time, NullSoft did 
> infact release WASTE under the GPL. However, AOL (NullSoft's parent company) 
> didn't like this, and that message on NullSoft's website is because of that. 
> (And thus, it was origianlly authorized by NullSoft, but not authorized by 
> AOL.)
> 
> Now, from what I understand, once you release something under the GPL, you 
> cannot un-release it. And if that is the case, then this software is "OK".
If the person who originally released it had permission to apply that
license, then I guess it is "OK".  Otherwise, it is not even "OK".

Justin


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