From 2dc620064ac929e3c6c96bcb209dc650d07c6c1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amolith Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:08:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] improve wording around FLA --- README.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 80b6b68..1561188 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -96,10 +96,12 @@ section._ ### Paperwork -The software world changes rapidly and the future is always a little murky. With -that murk in mind, I require contributors to sign a _**F**iduciary **L**icense -**A**greement_, or an FLA, that allows me to change Willow's license at any time -_without_ contributor input, but _with_ stipulations. +Willow will always be free software, but it's hard to anticipate the future. We +may want to change to a different Free (FSF approved) and Open Source (OSI +approved) license in the future. To allow this limited relicensing, I ask +contributors to sign a _**F**iduciary **L**icense **A**greement_, or an FLA, +that allows me to change Willow's license at any time _without_ contributor +input, but _with_ those license limitations. Willow's FLA transfers the contributor's copyright over their contribution to Amolith and limits which licenses he can choose to "licenses the Free Software