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  • Your question about contributions specifically to MIT licensed projects is interesting, and may warrant its own question. Bart's answer still applies & without an explicit license, the contribution must be considered ARR, and the owner of the repository would be unable to legally accept it. Copyleft licenses like the GPL do not have this problem, because the changes can only be legally made if the changes are also GPL. I asked a similar question here a few years ago: opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/10491/… Commented Sep 4, 2024 at 6:28
  • You should consider accepting one of the answers below, by clicking the "tick" outline next to it; this drives the SE reputation system for both you and the author of the accepted answer, and the community expects it. If some of your questions remains unanswered, you might want to consider editing your question to bring that to light. Thanks. Commented Aug 12 at 19:46
  • I have considered it. As of now, the answers are advice-oriented saying things like "you shouldn't do this" and do not provide a direct answer to ownership. I suspect that this is ultimately an unanswerable question that needs to be tested by the courts. Commented Aug 13 at 21:56
  • Bart writes in his answer that "the changes you made are still owned by you."; that seems like a direct answer to the question of ownership to me. I really think you need to accept an answer to this question; that's the social compact of this site. You knew this wasn't a court when you asked the question, so to refuse to accept an answer simply because you feel only the courts can answer to your satisfaction is not really within the spirit of the process. Commented Aug 14 at 11:52
  • @MadHatter As a moderator I will comply with your demands and accept Bart's answer, rather than risk any consequences. Good day. Commented Aug 14 at 15:38