Relicense BSD 2/3-clause code to GPL

Posted by Brecht Machiels on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by Brecht Machiels
Published on 2011-05-11T10:14:02Z Indexed on 2012/09/13 15:50 UTC
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Suppose I release some source code under the new BSD license. Is it allowed for someone else to take this code, make modifications to it and distribute it under the terms of the GPL? From Wikipedia:

Many of the most common free software licenses, such as the original MIT/X license, BSD licenses (in the current 2-clause form), and the LGPL, are "GPL-compatible". That is, their code can be combined with a program under the GPL without conflict (the new combination would have the GPL applied to the whole). However, some free/open source software licenses are not GPL-compatible.

I'm assuming this implies that one can relicense new-BSD licensed code to GPL?

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