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[–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Except when it goes from open source to closed lol

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago*

    At which point it simply gets forked from the last release/commit. Unless the project nukes all of the history and no one comes forward with a backup.

    And, they would typically need the consent of every contributor to legally change the license, unless they had been forcing contributors to sign over rights to their code before contribution.

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