One of the earliest questions asked on Open Source SE is on 'How can a project be relicensed?' [0] Edit: further down that rabbit hole, there's a comment on a

One of the earliest questions asked on Open Source SE is on 'How can a project be relicensed?' [0] Edit: further down that rabbit hole, there's a comment on a linked Programmers SE question [1]: > What we do is have a contributor's agreement that contributors sign, and it assigns joint copyright (so both our corporation and the contributor own the code). In that way, we still have the ability to re-license, but they still have all rights that they had. This is the same way that SharpDevelop works. This seems a sensible (or at least an open) way to allow the opportunity for future re-licensing. [0]: https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/33/how-can-a-project-be-relicensed#46 https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/33/how-can-a-... [1]: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55326/can-you-change-a-license-once-you-pick-one?lq=1#comment97921_55328 https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/5532...