[License-review] For Approval: Convertible Free Software License, Version 1.1 (C-FSL v1.1)

[Elmar Stellnberger]

On 10/17/18 11:01 PM, John Cowan wrote
> As the maintainer of a few little projects, I take it that when someone 
> sends
> me a patch their intention is to become a joint author of the work and that
> the contribution is licensed with the same license as the work 
> originally had.
> As a joint author, I can unilaterally change the license as long as I am 
> willing to be
> responsible to my co-authors for their share of the profits (which are zero
> in any case).
> 

If everyone who sends a little patch will become an original author the 
number of authors will bloat soon so that I can not recommend that. The 
less original authors there are the less people need to consent on 
relicensing so that things are kept more flexible. Besides this it is 
all about a fair share of contribution and I believe the original 
authors should consent on that.