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> technically if you don't pay for code the copyright holder can revoke the license at any time So Linus can all of a sudden say that Linux is no longer GPL?!
by tomp 8y ago
> technically if you don't pay for code the copyright holder can revoke the license at any time
So Linus can all of a sudden say that Linux is no longer GPL?!
- whatshisface 8y agoEach contributor may only re-license their contributions independently. If there's any of Linus's own work left in the kernel it would have to be rewritten should he decide that he was fed up with RMS and was going to take Linux closed source. ;)
- throwaway2048 8y agoThis is not accurate, you can not retroactively re-license distributed code, only code you distribute going forward. No code would need to be rewritten.