Does it make sense for software to have a GNU licence and a statement of "Copyright Person A, all rights reserved"? I feel like those two things are in conflict with each other? @MozOpenLeaders? @SoftwareSaved #collabw18
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I mention it in a different thread, but “all rights reserved” still applies. As the author, you still retain all rights even under GNU. GNU is a license for _other people_, your own rights are not impacted. (Except enforcement against individuals in compliance with GNU rules.)
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Interesting. I didn't know that. Thanks.
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@npch. So I'm now confused, is what we said wrong then? It certainly feels weird to say all rights reserved when it's open to me. Hmm. -
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@DailyPedantry’s response to say that as the copyright holder, you retain all rights, which allows both GPL and dual-licensing, and that you claim that by using the phrase “All Rights Reserved” (1/2) -
However the use of this phrase was a convention under Buenos Aires Comvention of 1910, which became obsolete in 2000. Therefore the phrase is not necessary to assert copyright and is arguably confusing. But not wrong. (2/2)
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WOAH - fun facts galore! Thank you all for the discussion!
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Ahhhhhhh. OK, good. And thanks to her (
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As I understand it the first part "copyright person A" is important because it gives a basis to *enforce* the terms of the GNU license.
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Hmm, but you could just as easily say "Copyleft Paerson A" though.
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Gotcha - I agree - the "all rights reserved" was the point I was really surprised by! I think its a totally honest mistake in the case. Licensing is HARD!! Thank you both!
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It looks a bit like a cut and paste style error, where someone’s looked at another copyright line and used the “all rights reserved” bit. As
@o_guest says, asserting copyright important to be able to license https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html … -
Thanks Neil!
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I’m no expert, but I’d have thought it was a polite way for Person A to assert that they don’t need abide by GPL, even though everybody else does.
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I think you're not wrong given all the other replies.
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