This is from the GPL FAQ: 
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesFreeSoftwareMeanUsingTheGPL

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I would like to release a program I wrote under the GNU GPL, but I would like to use 
the same code in non-free programs.

To release a non-free program is always ETHICALLY TAINTED, but legally there is no 
obstacle to your doing this. If you are the copyright holder for the code, you can 
release it under various different non-exclusive licenses at various times.

Is the developer of a GPL-covered program bound by the GPL? Could the developer's 
actions ever be a violation of the GPL?

Strictly speaking, the GPL is a license from the developer for others to use, 
distribute and change the program. The developer itself is not bound by it, so no 
matter what the developer does, this is not a "violation" of the GPL.

However, if the developer does something that would violate the GPL if done by someone 
else, the developer will surely lose MORAL STANDING in the community.

Can the developer of a program who distributed it under the GPL later license it to 
another party for exclusive use?

No, because the public already has the right to use the program under the GPL, and 
this right cannot be withdrawn.
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