From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 16 21:32:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E31F3313; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:32:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjkfbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qe0-f52.google.com (mail-qe0-f52.google.com [209.85.128.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23D1D1A19; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:32:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qe0-f52.google.com with SMTP id i11so1300589qej.39 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:31:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=0bAVEJVZD7q/1feWfz5W/q1qwZltXaK3AszZU4xvLJI=; b=d0sJFIMAC3C/tRboHD3TRn/sKpRQ22fwPqsRK3wpcDehEAyvD8APflCsHj16lFkPaH o7Cg8vSZOwF2/VQJrJYHWK+GXVZwTZfybkKcjCWQ8phVw11cmL64iHj5XQzUR4u8BufU oPZVjU11dZk+7hWT4VUVyx07Qe6pLmM1re6Kfd7WclPc6oatvOiaqMIVNaMFy5TodYkA lVuDyWd3e/FlhZx2PWw7M0HxFV4OkyWL2w+VpHJgqcBFOD/U6jaQoxX9F6qLopoCKcMK 1FLU2ad6azOusBtJ6rMdhvJ2ovtEQALMIeHWGjzvbYB+FHR0p3zWzD9pFA9iySpZHirK jn0Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.229.195.2 with SMTP id ea2mr5202175qcb.120.1371418315660; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:31:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.3.36 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:31:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201306161935.r5GJZ109050810@svn.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:31:55 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r251818 - head/tools/regression/lib/libc/nss From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Eitan Adler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , "src-committers@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:32:03 -0000 On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Eitan Adler 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