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Re:Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-li... by OJFord on Saturday October 31, 2020 @06:11PM (#24955619)
That would make sense, but then what are 'Contributor Licence Agreement's for?
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Re:Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-li... by tpxl on Saturday October 31, 2020 @06:41PM (#24955783)
If you contribute to a GPL project, your contribution is licensed under GPL, but it's your copyright, not the project owners. The Contributor License Agreement transfers the copyright from you to the project owner, so they may re-license (or dual license) in the future.
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