Common use of Relicensing Clause in Contracts

Relicensing. Any contributor may relicense the project as a whole by granting a sublicense under new terms meeting any license criteria in effect at the time within thirty calendar days of securing majority approval. When soliciting votes for relicensing, a contributor must circulate: identification of the contributor proposing to relicense the project an exact copy of the new license terms an exact copy of all the terms of any agreement that has, will, or could compensate the contributor for proposing or securing approval of the relicensing License Criteria The first two contributors must agree on any criteria for terms on which the project can be relicensed. They must publish a dated statement of those criteria, or a dated statement that there are no criteria, together with the terms of this agreement, where potential contributors can find and read them. No contributor can relicense the project onto new terms that fail to meet the license criteria. Any contributor may change the license criteria by securing supermajority approval in favor of the change. Communications Equal Information Each contributor is entitled to receive each message sent to any other contributor under these terms. Circulating Messages To circulate a message under these terms, a contributor must send the message in the English language to each other contributor, retrying as necessary. Circulating Notices Any contributor who receives a notice under the terms of a relicensing must circulate that notice, retrying as necessary.