Hello,
On 01/03/2026 14:06, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2026-03-01 12:38:30 +0000, Gimmi wrote:
>> If I were to publish a pull request to a software, I can put the pull request under the
>> license I want and I can choose the GPL: the problem of complying with the
>> requirements of both licenses is, legally speaking, on the person that
>> applies the pull request.
>> Worse, if a pull request does not specify a license, according to current copyright
>> law, you cannot redistribute it (I don't even know if you can actually _use_
>> it).
>
> A pull request yields a modified version of the original work, whose license
> may imply obligations on the license of such modified versions.
>
I am *not* a lawyer, however, AFAIK this is true if the license of the
original work has restrictions.
The MIT/X license under which suckmore tools are, gives you the freedom
to sublicense the results, hence to change the license of the pull requested
software.
So the question of "How is the pull request licensed" is still relevant IMO.
--
Gimmi
Received on Sun Mar 01 2026 - 15:28:56 CET