Implications for switching licenses mid-stream
    Rick Moen 
    rick at linuxmafia.com
       
    Thu Apr 24 08:39:28 UTC 2008
    
    
  
Quoting Chris Zumbrunn (chris at czv.com):
> Right, which is why I wrote that if the project leader doesn't cause  
> injury to contributors, he could get away with switching between  
> permissive licenses. But that doesn't mean he actually has the legal  
> right to relicense. 
Actually, yes, it does.  What do you think "absence of a tort" means?
(I'm not sure I want to know what you believe on that point, honestly.  
However, I think the point is reasonably clear.)
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