Re: OT: "All Rights Reserved" misleading nonsense

On 2025-10-21, Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> wrote:

Kaz Kylheku wrote:

On 2025-10-18, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-10-18, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
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The message body is Copyright (C) 2025 Tristan Wibberley except
citations and quotations noted. All Rights Reserved except as noted
in the sig.

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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" ...

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"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.
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"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).

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In my young, fatuous days, i vandalized a few softwares to say
"All rights reversed".  ;)

A rather toned down departure from the usual, "all riots preserved".

Also, remember that "vile haters will be prostituted".

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