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IANAL, but check out this law.stackexchange thread. It pertains to the BSD license, but it's very similar https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/4149/can-one-
by ollien 4y ago
IANAL, but check out this law.stackexchange thread. It pertains to the BSD license, but it's very similar
https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/4149/can-one-take-bsd-licensed-code-and-distribute-it-under-gpl https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/4149/can-one-take-bs...
- NickBusey 4y agoAnd the 2nd answer seems to say that no, you can't just recopyright something. https://law.stackexchange.com/a/4150 https://law.stackexchange.com/a/4150
- ollien 4y agoSome answers seem to disagree. I, as a non-lawyer, think as long as the git commits make it clear who authored what, it's a non-issue.
- david_allison 4y agoSee the Software Freedom Law Center's guide: https://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2007/gpl-non-gpl-collaboration.html#x1-40002.2 https://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2007/gpl-non-gpl-colla... There are multiple examples of how to recopyright MIT-style source under the GPL.