Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Sep 2007 13:46:12 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing |
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> 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".
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