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> If you actually look at the redis code base the majority of it was written by people who never worked for redis. Thats a really big deal, how did they legall
by cylemons 4mo ago
> If you actually look at the redis code base the majority of it was written by people who never worked for redis.
Thats a really big deal, how did they legally managed to do the license change? I was under the impression that only works if the original owner is the doing most work
- sakjur 4mo agoPermissive licenses don't protect against projects that decide to change the license when releasing a new version. Copyleft protects against that as a general rule. However some projects that rely on copyleft require contributors to sign license agreements granting the project owners a more permissive license.
- jen20 4mo ago> Thats a really big deal, how did they legally managed to do the license change? I was under the impression that only works if the original owner is the doing most work Almost all of these license changes just change the terms under which _new_ work is contributed - which is why many of them have forks from the last OSI-licensed commit.
- cylemons 4mo agoNow that makes sense, so its legal because the contributors can still access their code