On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Eitan Adler <ead...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Eitan Adler <ead...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Author: eadler > > Date: Sun Jun 16 19:35:01 2013 > > New Revision: 251818 > > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/251818 > > > > Log: > > Remove lines declaring "All rights reserved" or similar comments: they > > are not true as the files are actually under the BSD-2 license > > I was notified to these because of the spelling mistakes, but after > looking around it seems actually that this phrase is part of the > license template. > > I'm not sure why because the phrase makes little to no sense when > accompanied with a license, but I'll ask about switching to the > standard text here instead. > Sure it makes sense. All rights are reserved except those which are subsequently granted by the explicit license text. In some jurisdictions (I believe, but I am not a lawyer), in the absence of an explicit declaration that all rights are reserved, some rights are implicitly granted to the reader/user which may not be covered by the subsequent explicit grant. There is presumably a reason why it is in the licensing template, and removing it without the consent of competent legal counsel seems ill-advised. -Ben _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
