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Comment by Throwfi44

Yes, they could put extra paragraphs that become valid after 2 years, that would be OK.

But the way it is written, it changes existing license! Effectively making a new release! You can not do that in EU, what if user does not agree with the new licence? It is quite illegal in most EU countries!

You can not swap licenses like that! Many scammers do that, and there are strong pro-consumer laws to prevent that!

What is worse, it even terminates old license after two years! Really really stupid lawyer worked on this!

Here is the text:

> On the second anniversary of the date we make the Software available, the Software will become available under the Apache 2.0 license. On that date, the Terms and Conditions above automatically terminate and the following terms become effective:

parent Throwfi44 3 years ago

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