linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing

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Date:	Sun, 2 Sep 2007 13:46:12 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Igor Sobrado <igor@...dmat1.ciencias.uniovi.es>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	"Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@...il.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing

> So, a multi-licensed file remains multi-licensed except when all authors 
> agree about a change in the licensing terms.  And it is clear on the BSD 

Not strictly true. They can either agree to a change and issue one or
they can convey to other parties the right to change the terms. The GPL
for example does this for version selection.

A multi-licensed work (note work not file - don't assume a file is a
boundary of a work) which conveys the choice of licence (as some bits of
ath5k did) allows a receiving party to choose the licence it wishes.
Failing that OpenBSD would have turned itself GPL by adding that file as
according to your argument "it must be distributed under *all* these
licensing terms concurrently".

Alan
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