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explicit agree on license changing #16

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sergmain opened this issue Jul 27, 2022 · 7 comments
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explicit agree on license changing #16

sergmain opened this issue Jul 27, 2022 · 7 comments
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for changing from GPL to MIT type of licenses, the explicit agree from all contributors, including @asuiu @marian-rusu , must be collected

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asuiu commented Aug 1, 2022

for changing from GPL to MIT type of licenses, the explicit agree from all contributors, including @asuiu @marian-rusu , must be collected

@sergmain Why? For example - if one of the contributors is dead, the code-base can't change it's license anymore forever?

@asuiu asuiu self-assigned this Sep 21, 2022
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asuiu commented Sep 21, 2022

Closed due to inactivity

@asuiu asuiu closed this as completed Sep 21, 2022
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Sorry for necro, but for your case ' if one of the contributors is dead' the confirmation still required from heirs. there are a lot of legal cases which you can google or look at cases here - https://law.stackexchange.com/search?q=license

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asuiu commented May 15, 2023

@sergmain How this agreement is collected? The PR with the license change should be accepted by them, or there's another juridical procedure for this?

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If I'm not mistaken, at Jul 27, 2022 when I opened this ticket there were only 2 contributors with gpl license - you and @marian-rusu . If so, @marian-rusu can just post here that he agree to switch license. Otherwise you need to collect a list who was contributor to gpl-licensed code and ask everyone for confirmation.

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asuiu commented May 16, 2023

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If I'm not mistaken, at Jul 27, 2022 when I opened this ticket there were only 2 contributors with gpl license - you and @marian-rusu . If so, @marian-rusu can just post here that he agree to switch license. Otherwise you need to collect a list who was contributor to gpl-licensed code and ask everyone for confirmation.

The word "here" is still ambiguous from the juridical point of view. Can you be more precise?
Here - meaning this discussion thread? What is the formulation of agreement as well? is it enough just "agree" - or "agree with ...", and what are other aspects of proper agreement?

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The word "here" is still ambiguous from the juridical point of view. Can you be more precise? Here - meaning this discussion thread? What is the formulation of agreement as well? is it enough just "agree" - or "agree with ...", and what are other aspects of proper agreement?

Here - meaning this discussion thread? - yes
What is the formulation of agreement as well? - something like that - https://cla.pivotal.io/

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