Which License should I pick?

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Scott Long <scott at neuralnw.com> writes:

> I hadn't considered the issue of ownership of copyright for contributed 
> code. Is it common for open source projects to stipulate that contributors 
> either transfer copyright or agree to allow the owner to change the 
> license?

It's fairly common, though not universal.  All GNU projects require a
written copyright assignment, as do a number of others.

> If I asked for such an agreement would I be scaring away 
> potential contributors?

You might scare away a few.

Ian
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