How come GPL code becomes un-GPL and then disappears

[Kurt Wall]

On 05/25/2009 03:25:55 PM, James McDonald wrote:
> My point is certain companies unhost the GPL code and then you have 
> to request it and then it's up to their good graces if they reply.

IANAL, YMMV, IIBYGTKBP.

Request the code and see what happens. As for taking GPLed
code un-free, I don't know what the GPL implications are. Jerry
is right, though, you just run with the last free version of
the source code and fork it. $BIG_SOFTWARE_COMPANY might tell
you to, um, fork off, too. But, if you don't at least ask, you
know for sure what you'll get.

Kurt