switching license from GPL to BSD in later time

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I wrote software which I would like to release under the BSD license. Unfortunately, I am linking to a library which is based on GPL. Right now I do not have time to rewrite that library.

Can I release my software under GPL and later after rewriting the GPL library change license to BSD? (I would guess not).

My question is: how can I release the software right now without closing doors to the BSD license?

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I am not a lawyer and I could be wrong, but this is how I understand it:

You can just release the source code you wrote under BSD, and leave a notice that it is linking to a GPL library, which means that users who want to redistribute the set of the 2 have to conform both BSD and GPL (which means to conform only GPL in practice).

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