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That much I understand, but what's the default license if the contributors didn't specify a license with their contributions? Is it implied that their contribu
by throwhypothetic 6y ago
That much I understand, but what's the default license if the contributors didn't specify a license with their contributions? Is it implied that their contribution is licensed according to the full project's license?
Much of the discussion is assuming that because the project was AGPL, then the various contributions were AGPL as well. Whether or not that's the case is my question.
- ajarmst 6y agoIANAL, but my understanding is that if their contribution is a derivative work (as most would clearly be), they would be subject to the same license restrictions that restricted their access to the original project. I.e. they had no permission to create the derivative work, and thus no right to release it under any license. If the contribution isn't a derivative work, then the project shouldn't be accepting it without a copyright assignment or license.
- OJFord 6y agoThat would make sense, but then what are 'Contributor Licence Agreement's for?
- tpxl 6y agoIf you contribute to a GPL project, your contribution is licensed under GPL, but it's your copyright, not the project owners. The Contributor License Agreement transfers the copyright from you to the project owner, so they may re-license (or dual license) in the future.
- user5994461 6y agoAssuming the project specified the license as AGPL, the contributions would be under AGPL as well. Note that the project currently doesn't state any license (there's no license.md). No idea if there was a license specified before when the contributions were made.