svn commit: r333880 - head/sys/kern

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <201805192056.w4JKumb8017438 at pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>, "Rodney W. Grimes" writes:
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>> In message <CANCZdfrMjf8LgwUy4rL53m-XAM9P0fa-cb=cD5+V5Br+evussw at mail.gmail.com>
>> , Warner Losh writes:
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>> >> > Log:
>> >> >   Restore the all rights reserved language.
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>> "All Rights Reserved" is boilerplate from the old "Buenos Aires"
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>I believe that boilerplate is the wrong term here, it was a
>requirement of that convention to use this phrase if you wanted
>to be protected by the Buenos Aires convention.

The term "boilerplate" refers to technical and regulatory information
all boilers were required to have affixed to them by law, when
lawmakers tried to stem the carnage boiler-explosions caused.

The labelling requirement turned into a machinist joke, where the
old hand cermoneously would point out the boilerplate to the new
man and tell him "That one prevents explosions."

Largely because of that joke, the term "boilerplate" became synonymous
with mandatory information which is present to satisfy regulations
& lawyers, but doesn't serve any (other) useful purpose.

So yes, boilerplate is exactly what it is.

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