[format recovered] On Sunday, 10 December 2017 at 23:31:33 -0800, Chris H wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:24:53 +0800 "blubee blubeeme" <gurenc...@gmail.com> > said >> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Jonathan Chen <j...@chen.org.nz> wrote: >>> On 11 December 2017 at 17:17, blubee blubeeme <gurenc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I like some old software that's <= GPL2 but it seems like the original >>>> developer is not and have not done any work on the software sine mid >>>> 2000. >>>> >>>> I'd like to pick up the project, fix bugs BUT i'd like to migrate >>>> from GPL to BSD license. >>>> >>>> How does one go about doing that? I have seen the GPL code but it >>>> could be re-written how would that affect me re-writing the code >>>> with a new copy center license? >>> >>> You basically have to get the original author to reassign copyright to >>> you; after which you can do whatever you like to it. If you're basing >>> your new work on the original work, you have to respect the LICENCE >>> that it came with. > > It's also worth noting; you can dual-license it. That is: > their code == their license > your code (additions) == your license
No, you can't. Read the conditions of the GPL license. If you add code to a GPL product, the additions become subject to the GPL. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger g...@freebsd.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA
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