svn commit: r251818 - head/tools/regression/lib/libc/nss

[Benjamin Kaduk]

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Eitan Adler <eadler at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Eitan Adler <eadler at freebsd.org> 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