Does the FPCA automatically relicense older unlicensed contributions if a Later Default License is added?

[Aaron Rainbolt]

(I already signed the FPCA, as I'm fine even if the answer to my 
question is "yes", but I would like to make sure I understand how this 
works.)

"Once a Later Default License has been designated, Your Unlicensed 
Contribution shall also be licensed to the Fedora Community under that 
Later Default License." I believe that means that if I make an 
Unlicensed Contribution to Fedora, and later a new license is designated 
as a Later Default License, that Unlicensed Contribution is now licensed 
under both the Current Default License and the Later Default License, 
despite having been made prior to the Later Default License being added. 
Is this the case?

I don't have any problem with the agreement whether this is or is not 
true, I just want to have a full understanding of what I've agreed to 
when contributing to Fedora.

Thanks for your help!

[Richard Fontana]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 2:05 PM Aaron Rainbolt  wrote:
> (I already signed the FPCA, as I'm fine even if the answer to my
> question is "yes", but I would like to make sure I understand how this
> works.)
>
> "Once a Later Default License has been designated, Your Unlicensed
> Contribution shall also be licensed to the Fedora Community under that
> Later Default License." I believe that means that if I make an
> Unlicensed Contribution to Fedora, and later a new license is designated
> as a Later Default License, that Unlicensed Contribution is now licensed
> under both the Current Default License and the Later Default License,
> despite having been made prior to the Later Default License being added.
> Is this the case?

Yes, that was the intention.

Richard