Hi,

In order to make my mind about this subject...

You're complaining solely of the changes in files:
        * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k.h
        * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_hw.c
        * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_hw.h
        * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_regdom.c
        * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_regdom.h

But not in files:
        * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_base.c
        * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_base.h
        * drivers/net/wireless/ath5k_reg.h

Right?

To my eyes what he did about the first files is wrong but without
malice. I think he took a small sample for the whole, which he
shouldn't.

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.

But it is incorrect in my point of view to have done so on the former 5
files.

I hope it's those 5 files everyone is crying foul about...

Rui

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