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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 4692952" data-attributes="member: 8461">Sections 9 through 20 survive the termination of the GSL, true, but I don't think it's a question of it surviving termination.If they make a change to the GSL, you've effectively agreed to it before you can even exercise the option of opting out, as per Section 2. Now, to be fair, Section 2 does say that you can opt out if you do not accept the changes (per 10.1), and in doing so, that termination will survive any further changes that are made (with exceptions for the surviving clauses - and I wonder if there could be some sort of retroactive language put in future revisions, but I have no idea about that).The problem with the above is that, as defined by Section 2, it seems to be very difficult to not &quot;accept&quot; new GSL revisions. The second-to-last sentence of Section 2 notes that any company that continues to publish and/or distribute GSL materials after a revision is posted has automatically accepted any new GSL changes. For PDF publishers, this means that if they post a revised GSL - which you might not even know about, since they don't have to tell you - then if you keep selling your PDFs after they do so, you've effectively agreed to the new GSL, despite not knowing about it. That effectively undermines your ability to opt out of a revised GSL, in the event that you don't accept whatever changes they make.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 4692952, member: 8461"] Sections 9 through 20 survive the termination of the GSL, true, but I don't think it's a question of it surviving termination. If they make a change to the GSL, you've effectively agreed to it before you can even exercise the option of opting out, as per Section 2. Now, to be fair, Section 2 does say that you can opt out if you do not accept the changes (per 10.1), and in doing so, that termination will survive any further changes that are made (with exceptions for the surviving clauses - and I wonder if there could be some sort of retroactive language put in future revisions, but I have no idea about that). The problem with the above is that, as defined by Section 2, it seems to be very difficult to not "accept" new GSL revisions. The second-to-last sentence of Section 2 notes that any company that continues to publish and/or distribute GSL materials after a revision is posted has automatically accepted any new GSL changes. For PDF publishers, this means that if they post a revised GSL - which you might not even know about, since they don't have to tell you - then if you keep selling your PDFs after they do so, you've effectively agreed to the new GSL, despite not knowing about it. That effectively undermines your ability to opt out of a revised GSL, in the event that you don't accept whatever changes they make. [/QUOTE]

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