Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757564AbXIRO3w (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:29:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756007AbXIRO3p (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:29:45 -0400 Received: from integer.obiit.org ([195.168.92.92]:25003 "EHLO obiit.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755274AbXIRO3o (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:29:44 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1885 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:29:44 EDT Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:58:17 +0200 From: frantisek holop To: David Schwartz Cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" , Adrian Bunk , "Can E. Acar" , misc@openbsd.org, Eben Moglen , Lawrence Lessig , "Bradley M. Kuhn" , Matt Norwood Subject: Re: Wasting our Freedom Message-ID: <20070918135817.GG13370@obiit.org> Mail-Followup-To: David Schwartz , "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" , Adrian Bunk , "Can E. Acar" , misc@openbsd.org, Eben Moglen , Lawrence Lessig , "Bradley M. Kuhn" , Matt Norwood References: <20070917091038.GB23002@schlund.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1291 Lines: 28 hmm, on Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 05:08:46AM -0700, David Schwartz said that > > As said above, the accusations, if you read them correctly, were not > > wrong, but spot on right. Unless someone proves that dual-licensing as > > in "you may follow terms A or terms B at your choice" implicitly implies > > being allowed to remove A altogether should you choose B. > > You are confusing licenses with license notices. The GPL says you must keep > GPL license notices intact. Otherwise, it gives you complete freedom to > modify. This means that if you choose the GPL, you gain (from the GPL) the > right to remove the BSD license *NOTICE*. > > This has no effect on anyone's substantive rights though. Removing license > notices has no effect on actual licenses. but how do i know i have a bsd licensed file if the license notice has been removed from it? i know copyright applies to a file which has no (c) line in it, because it's implicit. but licenses are not implicit, are they? -f -- treat each day as your last, one day you will be right. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/