Does a license apply to to the licensor too?

Question

Years ago, when I was a novice, I made a piece of software free under a non-commercial CC license. Now, I would like to expand on that piece of software and try to make some buck, while still keeping the non-commercial license for other people, could I do that?

Tomte · Accepted Answer

If you're the sole copyright holder, you can re-license whenever you want.

AnimalMuppet · Answer

First: IANAL.But if I understand correctly, yes. You own the copyright on the code. The license is what gives other people the right to use that code. But you don't need a license - you own it because you wrote it.So if you want to make it available under another license, you can do that. In fact, there already exists software that is done exactly that way.