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

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>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

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

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

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

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>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.

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>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.
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Kind regards,
Hannah.