If so, that's uh, yeah, remarkably stupid. I would guess they meant "don't object to the plan in general". They certainly can't obtain legal consent to relicen

If so, that's uh, yeah, remarkably stupid. I would guess they meant "don't object to the plan in general". They certainly can't obtain legal consent to relicense this way, and anyone who told them the could pretty much has no idea what they are talking about, at least in the US. There is a lot of citation to "lawyers in the past told them X" with no actual data or description of what those lawyers said, caselaw they relied upon, jurisdiction they are talking about, etc.