Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > Is it possible for an upstream to change license from a BSD-old to GPL? > Consider the hypothesis that the product is a derivative work with a > few old contributors. I see no reasons to do not relicense after adding > a credits note as required in the BSD license.
Perhaps a nitpick, but the BSD license does not give you the power to relicense the work. You have several rights, including the right to combine the work with GPL-licensed code, but not to release the work itself under GPL. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/
