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Author of ATSC Capture and Edit Tool Tries to Revoke GPL

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. Re:In my country, we have saying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you are cocksucker yes? like the GPL and penis yes? girlyman

  2. GPL is a sham by jgarra23 · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is why the GPL is a sham. It pretends to protect "freedom" of an inanimate or logical object by hijacking ownership for the "good" of people. The same people who rule by some pretend mob-rule and arrogantly think they are "saving the world" or some other bullshit. Get off the high horse of GPL and use a reasonable license.

    I'm not saying it doesn't work great for some projects (Linux Kernel) but anyone who blindly accepts releasing their code under a license because it's popular and hip is a fool just like this guy.

    Simple answer, if you want to retain ownership of your code and protect it from the hooliganism of the leftist GPL supporters, don't go for the GPL. There's a reason those projects release "community" editions.