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