On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 02:07:59PM +0200, Hannah Schroeter wrote:

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> Hello!

>

> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:59:17PM +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:

> >On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 11:39:28AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:

> >> > 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.

>

> >> Not exactly.  I won't quote from the GPL again, but even the GPL has a

> >> paragraph about this.  You must pass on the rights you received.

> >                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>

> >Yes. The *rights you received* are the central point of the question.

> >Which did the user receive? The BSD granted ones? Or the GPLv2 granted ones?

>

> >If some software is dual licensed, you have two sets of rights you can choose.

> >It's not both at the same time. The text is even explicit: "alternatively"

>

> But you also received the right to chose either or. So if you have to

> pass that on, too.

Haha, show me proof. Where does it say so? Come on, don't hide behind

assumptions. Where it the text below does it say so? Don't give me any

interpretation blablabla, just put some ^^^ underneath the words...
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Jiri Slaby

 * All rights reserved.

 *

 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

 * are met:

 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright

 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer,

 *    without modification.

 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a disclaimer

 *    similar to the "NO WARRANTY" disclaimer below ("Disclaimer") and any

 *    redistribution must be conditioned upon including a substantially

 *    similar Disclaimer requirement for further binary redistribution.

 * 3. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the names

 *    of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived

 *    from this software without specific prior written permission.

 *

 * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the

 * GNU General Public License ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free

 * Software Foundation.
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