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Re:My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [li... by jcelerier on Friday July 04, 2025 @07:55AM (#44463741)
Absolutely not, if a project relicensed and someone on earth did a git clone with a previous license that gave some specific rights, the previous commits keep their license (or if the license was incorrect you can go to court)
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Re:My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [li... by michaelmrose on Saturday July 05, 2025 @04:14PM (#44475203)
I don't think a court is going to understand git revisions. I also don't think a person reverting to timepoint 1 with license A changes the fact that they received it at time point 2 offered under license B.

At best the license.txt that accompanies a particular revision can serve as a sign post of what license applies it is not dispositive and if the sign post is wrong it was your bad for failing to understand what license applied before distributing.

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