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No, it's not as bad as that. You retain copyright over your changes and have the say in whether they can be relicensed or not, unless you signed your copyright
by Arnavion 3y ago
No, it's not as bad as that. You retain copyright over your changes and have the say in whether they can be relicensed or not, unless you signed your copyright away via a CLA or similar. So you just have to not sign CLAs and not contribute to codebases that require CLAs.
- cstejerean 3y agoI don't think that's true for anything with a permissive license, only contributions to copyleft licenses. If I contribute code to something under the GPL then my contribution can only ever be distributed under something that is compatible with the terms of the GPL, the company cannot restrict those rights further in a new license without my consent to relicense. If I contribute to something with a permissive license then it doesn't prevent the company from releasing new versions of the project under the BSL. The only restrictions on the permissive license is the copyright notices have to be included.
- ec109685 3y agoTheir CLA faq talks about how its purpose is to allow them to release the software commercially. No other entity has that ability unless they ask everyone to sign a CLA of their own. https://www.google.com/finance/quote/HCP:NASDAQ https://www.google.com/finance/quote/HCP:NASDAQ