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Re:DMCA notice against oh-my-fish by jimmy123 on Thursday September 24, 2015 @12:32PM (#10272582)
So if a contribution changes the LICENSE file without having every contributor agreement, won't this be an invalid LICENSE change?

From what I heard about the discussion, it seems like the LICENSE file has been altered by Jorge without all the OMF's contributors agreeing upon.

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Re:DMCA notice against oh-my-fish by justinlardinois on Thursday September 24, 2015 @05:57PM (#10275034)
It's invalid only if the license change is inconsistent with the original license. That's why, for example, converting a project from MIT to GPL is fine, because doing so doesn't violate the terms of the MIT license.
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