> If the license doesn't achieve what the creator wanted, then they can just change it. No, you can't "just change it" if you have external contributors and yo

> If the license doesn't achieve what the creator wanted, then they can just change it. No, you can't "just change it" if you have external contributors and you allow them to keep ownership of their contributions (the default). Many people object to CLAs on philosophical reasons and will refuse to sign them. Now your "just change it" is a 6-12 months effort trying to chase down every single contributor and nitpicking your license change until everyone is happy, or rewriting a bunch of code due to licensing issues.