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by p8donald 884 days ago
If I contribute code to an open source project under the BSD 2-Clause license and don't sign any contributor license agreement, can the maintainer relicense the code without getting my permission?
3 comments

Yes, unless they change the copyright. You own the copyright to your code contribution. The license only states how the copyrighted code can be used.
Sure, anyone can do anything. It would be up to you (and hopefully a lawyer) to then sue them and let judge/jury decide. Or, convince authorities that some criminal law was violated and they should investigate.

Both of which are hard and/or expensive. So most rely on public shame. Out them on social media and foment outrage.

In the US, generally no.