From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mon Dec 11 04:24:54 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 EF36FE8547B for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 04:24:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x231.google.com (mail-it0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::231]) (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 AFF12705E7 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 04:24:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x231.google.com with SMTP id r6so12789765itr.3 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:24:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=cZbJJynIGZ3u33di5i9L8kOTI9z4qgaMYmn22fCNVcA=; b=e86BYWW4sUhzeWv0kBqHR4CU8vTRkdaxRdLV3slGJOJmGM52Z9XAkKHM5I6Ugf/4Da fxYZ8ukEv9hVa+SKXXkJheTWr5pPr4u80KBwXm6abdkUkzPlMgfqGCsdnIIiB6HYh3d9 ruyjPR6OEACPjHpdNWASe5JjWHC4SabT7jOjbIlsRZAiCdBL2wIymuQLw+o0rhqlANx8 t7vVKU11fqxwhcb11OQNhT5MZugGxZQTQ+9ieLmHrK3CApm5mHcIlmbtKsiV+vvlS8Er p8SGHUJ2NO561f5SeqwjQ0qSzq7rkzZusSvQ4el/MdHejqB32zqITETdnvxgVkaee8wW pXaw== 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=cZbJJynIGZ3u33di5i9L8kOTI9z4qgaMYmn22fCNVcA=; b=JysDLSBn+UZmFByCADd29+jXpOKgLFBdQzgANWRXHNZskt23RjpcCv/bZ7j27viHgy wPpMqS4gmWTYqbhGC1qO+1CgPP6byJzlv0O8piBejY+vE+DH/4ZlFdoUxF1l0iqoY6jw HoV5Gg5hppZsVLY7irPSgvpk6eVJVfAQwKj3b6Bbtunr3A4zGcbkC+9NFWo12UfBAM73 srJJVXxjwH6trKWHAT3W5kh+EhFeCK6u+/2Kx3yqc1iMDjKAwDt12PT2qZSGSz2f+Bsa hVu8gHArgQCFX+nTGSO1PPNEamx3osN5hQgFieoBio1SjOpjE0S8zHK7HmKhQ8ft5hp8 O4NQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mKkoT6AhklkdKxPCukClnNvFsISc8wElNNFJ5qAHR5KOAqhd6tR Hl/L8dhNZjIb9Wt7j1eVH8KS45z8tzRxu9/HfdgVOw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMZODlhI2HWRKL2OlA+U3XO26gpbDuJz086+rrOZ3UJKds0SyGsj7Bukx3ET0XztaHNzhqQxyWaIgkayjWRSXW8= X-Received: by 10.107.128.152 with SMTP id k24mr18877741ioi.184.1512966293653; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:24:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.11.31 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:24:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: blubee blubeeme Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:24:53 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: License and adopting software To: Jonathan Chen Cc: FreeBSD Ports Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 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 04:24:55 -0000 On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: > 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 > There has been no update since 2005 and I've tried many times this year to get in touch w/ the original author. There has been no response, that's why I am asking here.