a salute or just a wave?

I do this very thing all the time. I wave at people. I hold my arm up with my palm open. All five fingers are extended. It's called waving. Or can you still call it waving if you don't really your hand back and forth? Whatever. I wave. And that's how I do it.

Do you think Italian soccer player Paolo Di Canio is waving in the photo above or is he giving a fascist salute to fans as he entered the game against Livorno on Sunday, as some are suggesting?