From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Sat May 19 21:09:59 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 586EDEE42A8; Sat, 19 May 2018 21:09:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA91A803DA; Sat, 19 May 2018 21:09:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id w4JL9tfx017501; Sat, 19 May 2018 14:09:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id w4JL9ti7017500; Sat, 19 May 2018 14:09:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <201805192109.w4JL9ti7017500@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: svn commit: r333880 - head/sys/kern In-Reply-To: To: Warner Losh Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 14:09:55 -0700 (PDT) CC: Poul-Henning Kamp , "Rodney W. Grimes" , Warner Losh , src-committers , svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Reply-To: rgrimes@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 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: Sat, 19 May 2018 21:09:59 -0000 > On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 2:32 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp > wrote: > > > -------- > > In message > mail.gmail.com> > > , Warner Losh writes: > > > > >> > Log: > > >> > Restore the all rights reserved language. > > > > "All Rights Reserved" is boilerplate from the old "Buenos Aires" > > copyright convention, (a purely N+S American affair) and it lost > > all meaning and relevance for UCB when USA ratified the Berne > > Convention 60 years ago. > > > > The US ratified the Berne Convention in 1989, which falls in the middle of > the 4.x BSD releases... Relevant for 4.3, but not 4.4. It is not just that the US ratified in 1989 thats important, it is actually more important that the *last* member of the Buenos Aires convention adopted Berne in 2000, until then if you wanted protection, in say Nicaragua, you would need this phrase in your work to be protected by those who are members of Buenos Aires, but not Berne. > > The final Buenos Aires signatory joined Berne a couple of decades > > ago, rendering the convention null and void, and therefore this > > boilerplate has no meaning or relevance for anybody. > > > > Right, I get that. However, someone removed it. Even though it's useless at > this point, I don't believe we can remove it. I fully agree with that. There may however be an issue of ever removing it from works first published between 1989 and 2000, though I do not believe that to be the case, it is certainly a grey area. > Warner -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org