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The original copyright holder can enforce what they like

• PeterWhittaker 2y ago
  Not quite: once you GPL something, while you retain copyright and can licence it in other ways, the GPL itself forbids you from restricting what others can do with it if they take it under the GPL; the one thing they cannot do is change its licence, but you cannot prevent them from selling it, e.g. The FSF are very, very clear on this.
  • tptacek 2y ago
    You don't care, because whatever a GPL taker does, they're still bound by the viral copyleft, you're not, and you can sell that privilege to others.
    • PeterWhittaker 2y ago
      Not if the original author stills holds the copyright, which is likely the case: the GPL does NOT remove your copyright, and in fact depends upon it.
      • tptacek 2y ago
        I understand us to be talking about the options available to the original copyright holder, yes.