Whatever you do, however, must align with the original license on the project, which you may generally not remove or modify. Your changes are naturally under whatever compatible license you want, but the original contributors still have to have all their rights preserved.
Also note that in some development communities, a fork is a rather heavy-handed and hostile act, essentially saying "I can't work with you guys, I'm setting up my own shop". In the modern day of DVCS fancypantsery, this might be slightly less so, but some still subscribe to the classical notion of a fork and may get rather upset. In general, it tends to be a bit more beneficial for the community as a whole if you can aid and extend the existing project with patches and improvements, assuming it's in-line with their goals. Nothing stops you from making a friendly fork while working on your patches, but you might want to mention the heritage of the project on your landing page, and the intent of your fork. On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Jason Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > It's entirely up to you, that's the great thing about open source software. > > You can fork the project into your own, calling it whatever you want, or > you can propose your changes to the original repository. You can also do > both, where you fork the repository, make changes you think will be useful, > and let the original project know that you think your changes should be > accepted upstream, and see what they say. > > - Jason > > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello. >> >> There is a project called CellBots here at Google Code and I would like >> to start a development on it. >> I have already adjusted the code so that it fit some of my ideas but need >> some help. >> >> Can I copy the whole CellBots project and call it something else here in >> Google Code and upload my development of the Cellbots code I have >> and explain what I am developing and ask for help? >> >> Or do you advice me to start a project in the CellBots project, as a side >> project (as *Celljoust* ) and explain what I am developing and ask for >> help? >> >> I hope it is ok for me to start a new project on the CellBots and call it >> something else. >> >> >> M.Sc. Magnus I >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> . >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
