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> However, nonexclusive licenses are revocable (meaning the copyright owner can revoke the license at any time) in the absence of consideration. > https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/creating-written-contract-transfer-or-license-rights-under-copyright > [...] The most plausible assumption is that a developer who releases > code under the GPL may terminate GPL rights, probably at will. > --David McGowan, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School: > p278 "Notice that in a copyright dispute over a bare license, the > plaintiff will almost certainly be the copyright owner. If a licensee > were foolish enough to sue to enforce the terms and conditions of the > license, the licensor can simply revoke the bare license, thus ending > the dispute. Remeber that a bare license in the absence of an interest > is revocable." > --Lawrence Rosen > https://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Licensing-Software-Intellectual/dp/013148787