* MIPS contributions have "All rights reserved"?
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@ 2005-01-19 13:42 ` Martin Michlmayr
2005-01-19 22:39 ` Alan Cox
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From: Martin Michlmayr @ 2005-01-19 13:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mips
* macro@linux-mips.org <macro@linux-mips.org> [2005-01-19 02:45]:
> - * Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 MIPS Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
> + * Copyright (C) 2000, 2004, 2005 MIPS Technologies, Inc.
> + * All rights reserved.
Does this "All rights reserved" statement make sense in a kernel which
is GPL?
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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* Re: MIPS contributions have "All rights reserved"?
2005-01-19 13:42 ` MIPS contributions have "All rights reserved"? Martin Michlmayr
@ 2005-01-19 22:39 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-22 19:21 ` Ralf Baechle
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From: Alan Cox @ 2005-01-19 22:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin Michlmayr; +Cc: linux-mips
On Mer, 2005-01-19 at 13:42, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * macro@linux-mips.org <macro@linux-mips.org> [2005-01-19 02:45]:
> > - * Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 MIPS Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
> > + * Copyright (C) 2000, 2004, 2005 MIPS Technologies, Inc.
> > + * All rights reserved.
>
> Does this "All rights reserved" statement make sense in a kernel which
> is GPL?
Providing it also says its GPL licensed why not. You reserve all your
rights then license some.
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* Re: MIPS contributions have "All rights reserved"?
2005-01-19 22:39 ` Alan Cox
@ 2005-01-22 19:21 ` Ralf Baechle
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From: Ralf Baechle @ 2005-01-22 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Cox; +Cc: Martin Michlmayr, linux-mips
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:39:59PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > - * Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 MIPS Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
> > > + * Copyright (C) 2000, 2004, 2005 MIPS Technologies, Inc.
> > > + * All rights reserved.
> >
> > Does this "All rights reserved" statement make sense in a kernel which
> > is GPL?
>
> Providing it also says its GPL licensed why not. You reserve all your
> rights then license some.
It's been a repeated cause of confusion and the MIPS port had them in 120
files, so with permission I removed the "All rights reserved." of 40 of
them. The remaining 80 will probably stay as they are.
Ralf
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