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Simple. Don't have contribution agreements. Contributors maintain their copyright so as they can prevent relicensing. Mind, FSF requires copyright for their submissions (I believe), but they're, arguably, a "good actor" in this space.

But, if the code base becomes a patchwork of contributors, it can become difficult to relicense.



FSF stopped requiring contributor agreements years ago.




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