Timeline for Changing my own non-software project from GPLv3 to CC BY-SA
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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| Jul 20, 2021 at 2:54 | comment | added | MadHatter♦ | @KefSchecter I agree, see comment to fraxinus above. | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 22:25 | comment | added | Kef Schecter | The rights cannot be withdrawn from people who have already received and used the work under the terms of the GPL, but they are not automatically granted to anyone who receives the same work under the terms of CC BY-SA. So, theoretically, the OP could re-release old versions under CC BY-SA terms and people who download those copies would be bound by CC BY-SA only. But, of course, the OP probably has no reason to do this. | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 22:09 | comment | added | Ben Voigt | @MichaelKay: Trying to withdraw the permission would likely run afoul of detrimental reliance | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 17:55 | comment | added | MadHatter♦ | Lawyers have said otherwise: see the section at the end on revocability, in the UK, US, and EU (full disclosure: I wrote the article, but I did not give the talk). | |
| Jul 19, 2021 at 16:49 | comment | added | Michael Kay | Actually, I believe there is some legal debate about whether you can withdraw rights once granted. I've seen a theory that because it's a license rather than a contract (that is, there is no consideration involved), you are free to withdraw it even if you have previously stated that it is perpetual. | |
| Jul 18, 2021 at 20:03 | comment | added | MadHatter♦ | @fraxinus I agree, and I don't think I said (s)he wasn't. | |
| Jul 18, 2021 at 20:02 | comment | added | fraxinus | OP is also OK to stop distributing earlier versions under GPLv3. | |
| Jul 18, 2021 at 11:44 | vote | accept | McAbra | ||
| Jul 18, 2021 at 11:43 | history | answered | MadHatter♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |