CoC loving Linux programmers swear the GPLv2 is irrevocable. They are wrong. (As are the women they wish to empower).

[william drescher]

On 1/1/2019 7:42 AM, william drescher wrote:
> "Consideration" can be in form of "
> detrimental reliance." That means that you relied on the license 
> and that reliance cost you something.
> 
> So if you spend money to pay programmers or if you spend time 
> writing programs based on the license you have paid for the license.
> 
> 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel#Promissory_estoppel_2