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I have a product that I had licensed as BSD. It has now been re-written and enhanced to have much more functionality and is being released as a whole new product. Since the original product was licensed under BSD, can I license the new one under MIT? Or will I have to license the new one under BSD and also display the terms of the old one?

Anshoo
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  • I am confused. Did you write the application? If so, the code is yours, and you can do whatever the f… you want with it. If not, only the copyright holder(s) can (unanimously) change the license. – Jörg W Mittag Jun 01 '15 at 14:37
  • Jorg - yes, both apps are originally written by me. Thanks, that answers my question. – Anshoo Jun 01 '15 at 14:41
  • If you wrote the app, then licensing doesn't come into play at all. You only need a license from the copyright holder in order to do things that are normally reserved for the copyright holder. But since you *are* the copyright holder, the very idea of "licensing" doesn't even make sense. – Jörg W Mittag Jun 01 '15 at 14:43
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    Suggested duplicate question's [top voted answer](http://programmers.stackexchange.com/a/240620/53019) applies to re-licensing BSD to (almost) any other license, including the MIT license. –  Jun 01 '15 at 14:45

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