Timeline for Can I take BSD licensed code and distribute it under GPL?
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| Sep 5, 2016 at 20:02 | comment | added | David Schwartz | This answer is basically correct, but it is not correct technically. Nothing ever gets relicensed. The elements that the original authors licensed under the BSD license are still under that license. The new elements added under the GPL are stil only under the GPL. Only the copyright holder can relicense something. | |
| Oct 4, 2015 at 0:36 | comment | added | cnst | Great points! People talk about this GPL header, but fail to realise that it normally still starts with a copyright claim -- if one is going to be claiming a copyright for something where one doesn't have one, that would sound like deception and fraud to me. And, in such case, the original person might as well sue such relicensor for copyright infringement as well. | |
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| Oct 1, 2015 at 15:23 | history | answered | user2836 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |