On the boundaries of GPL enforcement

Posted Jul 28, 2016 12:16 UTC (Thu) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: On the boundaries of GPL enforcement by gwg
Parent article: On the boundaries of GPL enforcement

> [ And I think it is all a little weird anyway - there is no "community" you have to join to make your software available with a GPL - the license is between you and whoever agrees to it by making use of your software. There is no third party to answer to, or who's GPL enforcement rules you have agreed to. ]

s/you/everyone who's contributed code/.

One can't unilaterally allow dual-licensing (after the fact) unless one also completely owns everything outright. That's pretty rare unless some sort of contribution agreement is utilized.