If memory serves me right, Mahesh T Pai wrote:
I mean, what if the company decides to discontinue the GPL for the particular package? Obviously, it would be illegal to still distribute the software
Not quite. Once GPL, always GPL.
Not always ... For example Ximian , the Gnome people including people from the Gnome Foundation recently changed the license of their entire class libraries from LGPL to X11 ... Of course it goes without saying that the Authors who assigned copyright to Ximian, Inc became unwilling partners in this switch ... (of course forking is possible, but who cares ....)..
Hmm... maybe I am BIASED about that .... ;-)
So, the fears are unwarranted.
Fears of loosing what we have is unwarranted ... btu future editions may face any consequences ... (Sourceforge Enterprise Edition anyone ? ...)
Gopal