In article <[email protected]>, Tim Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Suppose I create a copyrighted work. I release it under a license such > as GPLv2. You use it, in a way that requires permission of the copyright > holder, but is in accord with GPLv2, so you are OK. > > Suppose now that I transfer the copyright to someone else. > > Do you now have something to worry about if the copyright assignee > wishes to stop you from copying, modifying, and distributing the > software? > > The GPL is meant to be a bare license, not a contract, but doesn't that > mean it provides no protection if the ownership of the work changes? I don't think the GPL allows for retroactive changes to the terms. Once the code is licensed to you, the terms of the GPL apply as long as you meet your requirements. -- Barry Margolin, [email protected] Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
