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Ask HN: Is asking for objections enough to change license from MIT to Apache?
I saw an open source project recently trying to change their license from MIT -> Apache 2.0, and to do it they've just tagged all past contributors in a PR and asked for objections by a certain date (or else they will go through with changing the license of all past contributions).
- andrewbinstock 9y agoYes, it is. The owners can issue the software/code under any license they please. However, a change in license works forward in time only, not retroactively. So, if you download the software today under the MIT, that download is forever under MIT. Edit: Someone downvoted this? WTH?
- slimsag 9y agoWouldn't it only work for future contributions, though? i.e. wouldn't all past contributions be under the MIT license still, unless the contributor explicitly agreed?
- andrewbinstock 9y agoThat's right, unless the contributor agreement says otherwise.