* MIPS contributions have "All rights reserved"? [not found] <20050119024536Z8225221-1340+1568@linux-mips.org> @ 2005-01-19 13:42 ` Martin Michlmayr 2005-01-19 22:39 ` Alan Cox 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread 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/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* 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 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread 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. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: MIPS contributions have "All rights reserved"? 2005-01-19 22:39 ` Alan Cox @ 2005-01-22 19:21 ` Ralf Baechle 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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