licensing - relicensing a BSD library -


I like this library released under a library is not actively active since 2007.

  • Can I fork and relicens the library under a Creative Commons license?
  • Should the original author be informed?
  • Are there other problems besides these?

Edit

Based on the response provided by many answers, I am providing more details on my specific case.

I am rewriting some low level codes of the BSD licensed library using an LGPL library (). Can I publish this work in a separate license?

You can not remove the BSD license. What you can do is put it under another license For example, Microsoft has adopted the BSD networking code at one time. If you look at the proper performance, you will get the required notice by the license. On the other hand, Microsoft's copy was also under the license used by Microsoft, and Microsoft's revisions were not free or open source software.

Unless there is some strange difference of the BSD license, then there is no obligation to inform its information. The original author should try to do this, however, to exclude a person from general harmony For those who make your life easier. The author may want to find a new maintenance, for example, and can help you.

However, why do you want to reproduce it? I do not know which CC license you are interested in, and they have a great variety, but what's the benefit here?


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