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If AVM were to win this case, could the copyright holders of the Linux source withdraw their license to AVM? Could the license be wielded as a sword and not jus
by SoftwareMaven 15y ago
If AVM were to win this case, could the copyright holders of the Linux source withdraw their license to AVM? Could the license be wielded as a sword and not just a shield?
- cube13 15y agoIf you could get every single person that has ever made an accepted change to the Linux kernel to agree, sure. Otherwise, I'm not exactly sure how that would work out.
- wheels 15y agoYou can't retroactively change the license on the software once it's already been released. You can only change the license for future releases.
- dsl 15y agoI'm not a lawyer, but you are asking for free legal advice, so you get what you pay for. :) No. The GPL (v2 here, the kernel will very likely never go v3 because Linus does not want to re-licence his contributions) grants you an irrevocable licence as long as you do not fall out of compliance with the terms. If AVM wins the courts would be affirming that they have not breached the terms. It would also be up to said copyright holder to not only challenge AVM in court, but figure out how to do it without invalidating the GPL if they win.