CLA Redux - The Donation of OpenOffice to the Apache Foundation (groklaw.net) 7 points by brkcmd 15y ago ↗ HN
[–] jdp23 15y ago ↗ An excellent and very detailed discussion of a complex issue. I can certainly see why any copyleft supporters who had contributed to OpenOffice are outraged. From the legal perspective, wasn't the GPL designed to prevent situations like this? [–] ubernostrum 15y ago ↗ The GPL was designed to prevent certain things. But the GPL cannot prevent the copyright holder choosing to change the license of future versions.
[–] ubernostrum 15y ago ↗ The GPL was designed to prevent certain things. But the GPL cannot prevent the copyright holder choosing to change the license of future versions.
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