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by graue 5022 days ago
Term 4 in GPLv2. "Any attempt otherwise to copy ... will automatically terminate your rights under this License."
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Read right over that. But I suspect they can still just download another copy, as the second download would be a new offer, and they can then agree and comply with that one.
It's not that simple. Relevant reading in this context:

https://lwn.net/Articles/455013/

"Each kernel release is a different work; the chances that any given piece of code has been modified in a new release are pretty high. One could argue that each kernel release comes with its own license; the termination of one does not necessarily affect rights to other releases."

That is the argument I am making.