Re:MySQL man pages silently relicensed away from GPL
by icebraining on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @07:59PM
(#5902836)
If the maintainer (...) doesn't hold a copyright to all of the contributed code and documentation, they couldn't release it under an updated license
I'm not sure if it would hold in court, but it's fairly common for GPL projects to include "or later", specifically for that reason.
or dual-license it for compatibility with other projects without getting clearance from each and every contributor.
If you're releasing under a non-copyleft license, it shouldn't be needed, and if you're releasing under the GPL, that's (arguably) a feature, not a bug ;)
I'm not sure if it would hold in court, but it's fairly common for GPL projects to include "or later", specifically for that reason.
or dual-license it for compatibility with other projects without getting clearance from each and every contributor.
If you're releasing under a non-copyleft license, it shouldn't be needed, and if you're releasing under the GPL, that's (arguably) a feature, not a bug ;)