# Open Source Licenses **URL:** \ **Category:** Brainstorming\ **Created:** [December 26, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/open-source-licenses/13663 "2025-12-26T00:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
**Author:** ![flow](https://ziggit.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@flow](https://ziggit.dev/u/flow)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/open-source-licenses/13663/40 "2026-05-19T09:38:07Z")
Discussion taken from here: > [@Fizzy (formerly Pixi) - pixel art and animation editor](https://ziggit.dev/t/fizzy-formerly-pixi-pixel-art-and-animation-editor/15510/17): > > Not necessarily, see [MPL 2.0 FAQ — Mozilla](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/FAQ/), Q11: And Q12: So, from my reading of this, my impression (and also as someone who uses the MPL himself) is that while a larger project could be GPL, any imports of source code and modifications to said MPL code would still need to be made available under the MPL. Of course, there’s lots of ways to work around this, but reasonably most of those entail the guarantee that if your work needs to be modified for that to happen (e.g., maybe more portabil… > [@Fizzy (formerly Pixi) - pixel art and animation editor](https://ziggit.dev/t/fizzy-formerly-pixi-pixel-art-and-animation-editor/15510/21): > > Ah a CLA. Does a CLA also applies to forks? Not everyone will sign a CLA though: > [@Fizzy (formerly Pixi) - pixel art and animation editor](https://ziggit.dev/t/fizzy-formerly-pixi-pixel-art-and-animation-editor/15510/18): > > Okay, the project is now licensed under GPL-3.0, and added a CLA. Hopefully I did the right thing here? Ok, you’ve to rewrite contributed code under GPL if you want to make it closed source later (not sure how that works, as code will look quite similar I can imagine…) , that takes work, on the other hand I’m thinking isn’t code a bit overrated here and are given solutions and ideas much more valuable? Those solutions and ideas are easier to gain without a CLA maybe. @foxnne --- _[View the full topic](https://ziggit.dev/t/open-source-licenses/13663)._