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FallenWings

What happens if the license changes after I fork the repo

Pretty basic series of events.

  1. Repo is under open GPL3
  2. Repo is forked into new repo.
  3. Original repo changes to a less permissive license.

What happens to the fork? Is it forced to shut down?

Posted Feb 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC

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