On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 04:39:10PM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > Remember that we are talking about the GPL here, not some random proprietary > license. The GPL grants you permissions to take certain actions provided you > meet certain conditions. The actions are copying, distributing, and > making derivative works. You neither accept nor reject the GPL; it grants > you permissions whether you want them or not. > > If the copyright owner revokes the permissions, you are probably out of luck. If this is true, it's awful. That means that I can release some software for "free" under the GPL, wait until everyone is using it, and then suddenly say "Hey guys, guess what? I feel like getting rich--please all send me $5000 or stop using my software. I revoke the GPL." That CAN'T be right. If it is right, we need a quick revision to the GPL to fix this problem. Justin
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