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		jimmy123 on Sept 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DMCA notice against oh-my-fish So if a contribution changes the LICENSE file without having every contributor agreement, won't this be an invalid LICENSE change? From what I heard about the discussion, it seems like the LICENSE file has been altered by Jorge without all the OMF's contributors agreeing upon.

justinlardinois on Sept 24, 2015 [–]

It's invalid only if the license change is inconsistent with the original license. That's why, for example, converting a project from MIT to GPL is fine, because doing so doesn't violate the terms of the MIT license.

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