From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:24:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from alg138.algor.co.uk ([IPv6:::ffff:62.254.210.138]:7325 "EHLO mail.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:24:40 +0000 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linux-mips.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0MJLuwA001866; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:21:57 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0MJLtSe001865; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:21:55 GMT Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:21:55 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: Alan Cox Cc: Martin Michlmayr , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: MIPS contributions have "All rights reserved"? Message-ID: <20050122192155.GA1004@linux-mips.org> References: <20050119024536Z8225221-1340+1568@linux-mips.org> <20050119134249.GA9175@deprecation.cyrius.com> <1106159183.3341.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1106159183.3341.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 7002 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: 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