On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 02:05:09PM +0200, Hannah Schroeter wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 06:19:01PM +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> >Hi,
> 
> >In order to make my mind about this subject...
> 
> >You're complaining solely of the changes in files:
> >     * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k.h
> >     * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_hw.c
> >     * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_hw.h
> >     * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_regdom.c
> >     * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_regdom.h
> 
> >But not in files:
> >     * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_base.c
> >     * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_base.h
> >     * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_reg.h
> 
> >Right?
> 
> >To my eyes what he did about the first files is wrong but without
> >malice. I think he took a small sample for the whole, which he
> >shouldn't.
> 
> >In the case of the later 3 files, their copyright notice says:
> >     "at your choice" you may distribute under the terms of the BSD
> >     license or under the terms of the GNU GPL v2
> 
> >So if they chose to distribute those 3 files under the terms of the GNU
> >GPL v2, it is correct to change the copyright notice of those three files
> >alone in order to remove a license that the distributor chose not to use
> >anymore.
> 
> IMO no. For dual-licensing using "or", you may exert the rights granted
> by either of the licenses.

This is not the case.
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/28/157

The word is alternatively, not "logical or".

Regards,
Rui

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