For Approval: The Simplified BSD License

[Arnoud Engelfriet]

John Cowan wrote:
> David Woolley scripsit:
> > Maybe I don't understand this phrase (IANAL), 
> 
> "All rights reserved" has no legal meaning, and is included in many
> copyright notices (including those printed in books) under the
> influence of obsolete copyright treaties.

This is absolutely correct unless you first publish in Nicaragua
and want protection in Honduras. Or vice versa. And there's a
handful of other countries in the same situation.

http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/law-copyright-all-rights-reserved.html

Arnoud

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