GPL revokability

[Cinly Ooi]

Dear Ron,

Until someone really try it in court, the debate will not be settled.

The practical guy in me, and most software community has this policy: If you
do not want me to use your code, then I will take it out, regardless of what
the license actually says. Most of the time, alternatives are available and
(in the case of larger project), it would not even be a hassle to write out
your code. But note that this is voluntary on the part of the recipients.

If the recipient really want to hold on to the code, then the copyright
holder has to sue. IANAL but I am sure the recipient is going to point out
that your license to him specifically said you had said that in the license,
you will not rescind the grant for him to use the copyrighted stuff under
dispute. You will have to get around this. Finally, I hope the judge and the
jury is likely to hold you to that.

HTH
Cinly


On 10 May 2011 13:01, Ron Teitelbaum <ron at usmedrec.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I saw this: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2006062204552163
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> And this: (see: Holy Cow it is legal)
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> http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=2006062204552163&title=I+think+you%27re+wrong%2C+but+IANAL+and+we+really+need+one+for+this...+however%3A&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=667899#c667903as an explanation as to why irrevocable was added to v3.
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> I recently had a conversation with someone who said that you can apply GPL
> and then revoke it later.
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> How settled is this question?  Is there anything new on this front that
> isn't already covered by the articles above (i.e. since 2006).
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> Can you release something GPL and then revoke it such that people that
> already received the license cannot continue to use it.
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> Thank you for your help!
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> Ron
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