Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:31:55 -0400 From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com> To: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r251818 - head/tools/regression/lib/libc/nss Message-ID: <CAJ5_RoDWZhk4BZ-4WOUVdX95gR7rwS4MqtwOgT7ccg%2Buzb7CFw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=mVFSsLwyF1fASnv5qpBoa2Rbfc2P5CvEYcMZQSyLBdA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201306161935.r5GJZ109050810@svn.freebsd.org> <CAF6rxg=mVFSsLwyF1fASnv5qpBoa2Rbfc2P5CvEYcMZQSyLBdA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Eitan Adler <eadler@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
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