GPL Violation?

[rolf.freitag at email.de]

Hi,

> On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 08:25:07AM -0400, jieryn at gmail.com wrote:
> > Is this legal?
> 
> If it is his code, he can license it as he pleases.

yes, but he can't remove the GPL from the code; if it 
was GPL code it will always be GPL code.
That's the reason why some people do say that GPL 
is a virus and why some open source projects like Truecrypt
can't join the licenses of all source code parts, becuause 
they have other incompatible licenses.
So you can't  remove the GPL but you can write new
files with other licenses.

GPLing Code means donating to the public and you can't
invert this because that would mean that you would claim 
public property.
That would be like donating money to a non-profit association
like greenpeace and to claim it back several months later.

Regards,

Rolf