C#•5mo ago

Git licensing question

Hi people. Changing the license of my repository also applies the new license's terms to old commits? If not, is there any way I can "add the new license to old commits"?

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Jimmacle•5mo ago

not really technically you can rewrite the commits, but i don't know the legal implications of that

Angius•5mo ago

According to this license changes are not retroactive, but there's no real legal precedent Also, keep in mind that you can't just willy-nilly change the license if your code has other contributors

Jimmacle•5mo ago

yeah this is really a "choose right the first time" kind of deal

Eli SoliOP•5mo ago

:EZ: that's not a problem darling, i have no friends to code with thank you guys

Jimmacle•5mo ago

i mean, if the repo has no other contributors and no active users of the code you can probably get away with it it would mainly be a problem if people are currently using it under that license

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