> > Would a software with the following statement and without any further > > copyright or licensing notice be free? > > > > "Copyright 2005 by XYZ. No rights reserved." > > > > Any issues with that? > > This is definitely not a license at all.
Indeed it is not a license as there shouldn't exist anything that could be subject to a license in the first place. > This means "all rights > reserved" because that's always what is meant when no license is > given. That's definitely wrong, as I don't mean "all rights reserved". ;) How it is interpreted by a judge is a different question of course. I wonder how something can be read the opposite of what is written down. (But probably the legal folks wouldn't have a job otherwise.) Harald -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
