Actually, the copyright holder, who may or may not be the
author, has the right to distribute the work in whatever manner
they please. The GPL is a *license* which the copyright holder
is blanket-granting to others specifying the conditions under
which said others are permitted to redistribute their work. Also,
the copyright holder is free to offer other distribution licenses,
whether blanket ("anyone may...") or specific to one individual
("John Smith, IV may..."). Or to put the work in the public domain.
Or to sell (or otherwise transfer) the copyright to some new owner.
(IANAL. YMMV. SAR. etc.)
--Ken Pizzini
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