From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mon Dec 11 04:21:43 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54BCBE853E9 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 04:21:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from mail-qt0-x236.google.com (mail-qt0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 180FA70486 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 04:21:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by mail-qt0-x236.google.com with SMTP id k19so35386280qtj.6 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:21:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=chen-org-nz.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=7aa4zmDgumjvhLN+9tvruRyVh+sxFrbhzi2Qx1r1iPI=; b=OQDAFxh8ryq8Q+/Tf6WCmgbYF0L23ncTVN0tUdLG9Uwc7tyK1a6q7QQ8HPQjMC/04u EgA6snbYfgzZuIG/e1Uk8qwOMIIyeohB/DJAX9DmCudpJcLZq//cMN+mAsP/RUGvcTxf UFs4erBmy78PAdyLeRqWq9FUoKRqddona13+VuaXhV+PkL4fLom78szP1ETisagJMcbD yU/jpa/YqQc195pjpxbMT3YkfajGUqczfFrA8035SGjHYxllnelxol56ROLs9GMXwAUG wX9yQrDJ0dWxdYRS6AFny4i3uWa5WSY2obZwhPQ6bWNXLzZuUg6byZeXbN1tXBREQ8NY IdeA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=7aa4zmDgumjvhLN+9tvruRyVh+sxFrbhzi2Qx1r1iPI=; b=ciKpx785Uhc9Wjh7NBf51BlBw1J2ECr/racUBRNqjd1Ph4fPUVXDRKZeSgl8rnmUoo OtAbOXaT3JJGET2/RVgujXJA2CLz7TnSTuZ8mmj8tycFqMLHGXyNGgXoqBQLt7jXEsuH sUkLwXZKlq0PMTfzi5idbyNcaDH3u1UBBHDbt6fPgHg3ySxFCZTZ5LfqKXoHHm2iLDkC fNXjdTHCawjs5RJgOwxDsGAljNT2l0dwwkmzb//uehvJjzuqa9lIHGcO3G7qToBwuP+7 ejmFflPTlZUoq0WyWXDZteIXeYUeHErofynYbXzXljZxrLolxuQRKGaBmbvWriqIF5b4 3E8A== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mJoBvaLAJD8twgWQ8x2myFwlWqkuOLmF6Pn4p8ZtM7OTlWlGpJy htdjFddrF8BBhXgSLAsCNx97atugsNYhG00/IL3BmQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMbR9MAvH1y2Mmjo51CP3543ouQg6g6ANyIxAFuIGA8JIbXhW6hQNOxoHOLrs9ExxS6N+Zagi894tbX+tbRQC+k= X-Received: by 10.237.55.74 with SMTP id i68mr26136460qtb.237.1512966101664; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:21:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.86.212 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:21:41 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [150.107.174.220] In-Reply-To: References: From: Jonathan Chen Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:21:41 +1300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: License and adopting software To: blubee blubeeme Cc: FreeBSD Ports Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 04:21:43 -0000 On 11 December 2017 at 17:17, blubee blubeeme 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. -- Jonathan Chen