On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 6:09 AM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <g...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> [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 > I remember reading the history of FreeBSD and in the early days when parts of what eventually became FreeBSD was re-written. They obviously seen the prior closed source ATT source code and "re-wrote" it giving it a BSD license. It would be cool to hear how they were able to go about it. Anyone been through the process care to share their experience? _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
