Sujet : Re: OT: "All Rights Reserved" misleading nonsense
De : bpatrie (at) *nospam* bellsouth.spamisicky.net (Brian Patrie)
Groupes : comp.unix.shell comp.unix.programmer comp.lang.miscDate : 21. Oct 2025, 21:49:38
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Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> On 2025-10-18, Nuno Silva <
nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2025-10-18, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
>>
>>> The message body is Copyright (C) 2025 Tristan Wibberley except
>>> citations and quotations noted. All Rights Reserved except as noted
>>> in the sig.
>>
>> Eh, do drop the quite inaccurate and nowadays even not necessary at
>> all (given that all signataries to the Buenos Aires convention have
>> adhered to the Berne convention) "All Rights Reserved" ...
>
> "All Rights Reserved" means that the author has not waived any
> copyrights; the work may not be copied or redistributed other than by
> the copyright holder.
>
> "This work may be freely redistributed under such and such conditions"
> and "all rights reserved" are conflicting statements, since the author
> has waived (thus not reserved) the distribution right (to be the sole
> redistributor).
In my young, fatuous days, i vandalized a few softwares to say
"All rights reversed". ;)