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On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:29:13 -0500
Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> wrote:

> I, on the other hand, am fairly certain that you can not =E2=80=9Crelicen=
se BSD licensed code under the GPL (or any other license).
>=20
> Were this true at law, then the opposite would also be possible.  (=E2=80=
=9CDon=E2=80=99t like the license?  Just fork!=E2=80=9D)


IANAL but it is possible to go from BSD to GPL and it is done all the time.
The other way is not possible. You only have to see the OpenOffice -> Libre=
Office
as an example.  LibreOffice can freely take anything out of OpenOffice but
OpenOffice can not take from LibrOffice.