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Author of ATSC Capture and Edit Tool Tries to Revoke GPL

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 25, 2008 @05:20PM from the no-takey-backsies dept.

The author of ATSC capture and edit tool has announced that he is attempting to revoke the licensing of his product under the GPL General Public License. Unfortunately it appears that the GPL does not allow this particular action. Of course in this heyday of lawyers and trigger happy litigators who can tell. What successes have others had in trying to take something they once operated under the GPL and make it private? And the more pressing question, why?

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Re:Could fuel anti GPL fire by Waffle+Iron · 2008-01-25 17:53 · Score: 5, Insightful

Why would it raise concerns about the GPL in particular? If the GPL can be revoked after the fact, then *any* software license (proprietary, FOSS or whatever) could likewise be revoked. Any 3rd party code of any kind in commercial applications would be at similar risk.