This is the way I understand the license as well. That's one of the reasons the GPL3 has language to the effect of regaining the license: http://www.gnu.org/co

This is the way I understand the license as well. That's one of the reasons the GPL3 has language to the effect of regaining the license: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html#section8 http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html#section8 Even then, a copyright-holder can still permanently terminate your rights if they so choose and notify you of such termination.