On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 09:58:04AM -0700, new_guy wrote: > Has anyone on misc every written source code, released it under the GPL and > then later switched the license to BSD or a similar license? This is > something I am considering. I understand that GPL cannot be revoked, etc. > However, as I hold the copyright, I should be able to do a new release and > from that point forward use BSD license, right? I will still keep a copy of > 1.5 under the GPL, but no longer maintain it. While 2.0 and forward will be > BSD and actively developed. I've been researching this some, and I wanted to > ask those on misc who may have already done something such as this for their > advice.
You are correct, and even a bit too cautious. You can offer the current version (and previous versions) under BSD/MIT/ISC as well as GPL. Certainly you can offer future versions only as BSD/MIT/ISC. IANAL, but I think I understand this well enough to comment. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
