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Is that true? If I contribute to a MIT-licensed project without a CLA, my contributions can't just be re-licensed to some proprietary license, can it? Wouldn't
by mort96 3y ago
Is that true? If I contribute to a MIT-licensed project without a CLA, my contributions can't just be re-licensed to some proprietary license, can it? Wouldn't my contributions remain MIT, even if they re-license all other parts of the project to some proprietary license?
Isn't the point of CLAs that you can re-license contributors' contributions?
- paulryanrogers 3y agoMIT and BSD are so liberal that anyone can commercialize the work. All they have to do is attribute your parts to you, and not demand a warranty of you.
- mort96 3y agoWhy do corporate MIT-licensed projects have CLAs then? (That's not meant a gotcha, I just don't really know how this stuff works)
- paulryanrogers 3y agoCLAs in those cases may be more to cover their ass in case of disputes about authorship, the future of the project, or in case they forget attribution.