On 11/03/2009 04:25 PM, David Nalley wrote: > So I started looking at packaging Netomata ( > http://www.netomata.com/products/ncg ) and came across something that > raises a flag. The author is also at a conference with me this week, > so I figured the face time would be a good time to request a change if > something is required. > > The question I have, is does the 'All Rights Reserved' in each source > file conflict with the GPLv3 that they claim the package is released > under, and is it a problem wrt Packaging Guidelines. Well, they really should drop the "All Rights Reserved", it is no longer necessary (see: http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/All_rights_reserved). It is a potential source of confusion, since the GPL grants some rights to the user which are normally only available to the copyright holder. However, strictly speaking, it is not a problem for Fedora in this case, since the "all rights reserved", just means that the copyright holder hasn't waived those rights (and the GPLv3 doesn't actually waive any rights). It's a balancing act though, which is why I'd strongly recommend that they drop the "All Rights Reserved" wording to eliminate all confusion. ~spot _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
