Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?

[Alexander Terekhov]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
[...]
> In fact, GPLv3 <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html>
> does purport to be perpetual and irrevocable:
>      All rights granted under this License are granted for the
>      term of copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided
>      the stated conditions are met.

That is not the law, silly. The GPL can certainly be revoked under 203
and its "... provided the stated conditions are met" passage is utter
nonsense in context given that failure to comply with "conditions"
results in no grant of a license at all and so there is nothing to
revoke. The GPL doesn't have any conditions precedent. It has only
subsequent licensee's obligations (contract performance obligations)
including unenforceable ones.

regards,
alexander.

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