Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 22:07:06 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: adrian@obiwan.aceonline.com.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Copyright (was Re: Re : latest Java support source for FreeBSD..) Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970304220705.00ac4100@dimaga.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 01:47 PM 3/4/97 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: >> >/*- >> > * Copyright (c) 1997 Adrian Chadd >> > * All rights reserved. >> >> It would be very nice if you deleted this line, as presently you're not >> even allowing me to read the code you're sending to the mailing list ;-) >> (If you deleted the line, I believe you would get the effect of having the >> BSD copyright for the entire file) > >He has reserved all rights, then granted license under the terms of the >standard UCB license. There's a *lot* of code in the kernel with similar >copyright notices. Look at the VM system for a lot of examples. > >In point of fact, there *must* be a copyright holder, unless he >assigns the code (that's what people who "donated" to CSRG did, and >The Regents became the copyright holder, and therefore able to >grant the license). He is keeping all rights to the modifications he has done (all rights reserved). It is based on other code, which he is reproducing the copyright of (which he is required to do). Or at least that is how I believe a nasty lawyer would construct it. Removing the "All rights reserved." line would make both the modifications and the original be under BSD copyright. BTW: It was not my intention to send this to the list - it was meant to be a private mail. Oh, well. Eivind Eklund perhaps@yes.no http://maybe.yes.no/perhaps/ eivind@freebsd.org
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3.0.32.19970304220705.00ac4100>