Andrew Sullivan writes: > It's not true that nothing in the GPL restricts the author in any way. > If an author releases code under the GPL, s/he must either make the > source available, or change the license.
The only condition under which the terms of the GPL would be enforceable against a sole author would be if the author entered into a contract which incorporated the terms of the GPL. > Just because someone is the author does not give him/her special rights > to violate the license. It is impossible for a sole author to violate his own license. The GPL is not a law: it is a model license. Only the author has standing to sue to enforce a license he has granted. You cannot sue yourself. > Whether a court would uphold that, by acting contrary to the GPL, the > author was making a _de facto_ change to the license is quite another > matter, since no-one's ever tested it. The issue has nothing in particular to do with the GPL. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
