Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 03:35:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51635 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal Message-ID: <201805090335.w493ZewD052639@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Wed May 9 03:35:40 2018 New Revision: 51635 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51635 Log: Add a note about the phrase 'All Rights Reserved' here to act as a mini-FAQ. While volumes could be written about this, keep it breif and clear at the expense of a few details and irrelvant pedantry. Approved by: core@ (emaste, jhb) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/software-license.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/software-license.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/software-license.xml Tue May 8 20:04:16 2018 (r51634) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/software-license.xml Wed May 9 03:35:40 2018 (r51635) @@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ discretion. The author's permission must be documented in the commit message for each patch that is committed.</p> </li> + <li> + <p>Historically, the phrase 'All Rights Reserved.' was + included in all copyright notices. The BSD releases had it to + comply with the Buenos Ares Convention of 1910 in the + Americas. With the ratification of the Berne Convention in + 2000, it became obsolete. As such, the FreeBSD project + recommends that new code omit the phrase and encourages + existing copyright holders to remove it. In 2018, the project + updated its templates to remove it.</p> + </li> </ul> <h3>Acceptable licenses</h3> @@ -109,7 +119,6 @@ <pre> /*- * Copyright (c) [year] [your name] - * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions @@ -143,7 +152,6 @@ <pre> /*- * Copyright (c) [year] [your name] - * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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