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		pxc 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PYX: The next step in Python packaging > I think there's a pretty long track record of financially incentivized companies being willing to take that pain. MongoDB's AGPL transition comes to mind. MongoDB had a CLA from the start, didn't it? > Astral's tools don't require contributors to sign a CLA. That's a pretty vital difference!

Epa095 4 months ago [–]

>> Astral's tools don't require contributors to sign a CLA.

> That's a pretty vital difference

Not really when the license is MIT/Apache. They can create a closed source fork and continue development there.

pxc 4 months ago | [–]

Ah yeah, whoops. Either a CLA or permissive license is enough on its own to facilitate such a license change.

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