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Re:All software sucks by nuser on Saturday April 19, 2014 @07:23PM (#7615154)
BSD-license can be revoked by the copyright holder you know.

This is not true. None of the standard BSD licenses are revokable.

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Re:All software sucks by antocv on Monday April 21, 2014 @03:26PM (#7623114)
Yes they are, any licenses are revokable. The GPL as well.

I could release software under GPL, not accept any patches, see the software grow and 2-3 years from now when a lot of people are using and depending on the software, bam I revoke the GPL from all previous versions and impose a special EULA in its stead. I can because I am copyright holder.

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