svn commit: r51635 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal
Warner Losh
imp at FreeBSD.org
Wed May 9 03:35:41 UTC 2018
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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