Redis is open source again

Re:Redis is open source again by arghwhat on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:30PM (#43861573)

Unless a CLA transfers copyright to the project owner, the copyright owners are every historical contributor to the project. Each contribution is owned by the contributor alone and they alone are able to grant rights to it.

A CLA often tries to mitigate this by making contributors give the project owners special rights at the time of contribution.

(Note that even if relicensed, this itself can never revoke licenses granted for prior versions unless that license specifically had revocation written into it.)

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Re:Redis is open source again by pcthrowaway on Friday May 02, 2025 @11:59AM (#43871508)

Yes, a project can only be relicensed if a CLA assigning licensing rights (not ownership) is signed by all contributors, or if all code is owned by the entity relicensing it. Whether it's under a copyleft license, a permissive license, or even a proprietary license is irrelevant.

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