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by colonwqbang 220 days ago
Relicensing isn't necessary. If you violate the GPL with respect to a work you automatically lose your license to that work.

It's enough if one or two main contributors assert their copyrights. Their contributions are so tangled with everything else after years of development that it can't meaningfully be separated away.
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pabs3 220 days ago
In addition, there is the potential for software users to sue for GPL compliance. At least that is the theory behind the lawsuit against Vizio:

https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html

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aydyn 219 days ago
But that's only relevant if AWS (in this example) violates the GPL license, and it doesn't really seem like they have?
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