From: Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
They can't come back and sue you for having used code in the past. However,
they can prevent you from using it any more in the future.
If Trolltech pulls the Qt license, Qt usage stops immediately.
No, you're wrong. Thats not how copyright works. You have a license. They
can't revoke it, unless the license specifically states that they can.
Since the GPL does not grant them that right, they can't revoke it.
A fork requires that the *license* doesn't change (or changes to something
compatible with forking).
No, it doesn't. I can think of over a dozen products that forked due to a
license change, most of which were GPL->closed source ones. The copyright
owner can't do a damn thing about it- the previous versions were GPL, so
they remain GPL.
I'm sure copyright holders would love it if copyright works the way you
think it does. Thankfully, it doesn't.
Gabe
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