> >Hi! > > > >Would a software with the following statement and without any further > >copyright or licensing notice be free? > > No. > >"Copyright 2005 by XYZ. No rights reserved." > > > >Any issues with that? > Copyright law requires *explicit* permission in order to do a whole bunch of > things. This appears insufficiently explicit. :-(
So it fails a formal requirement, that's an answer I can understand. Thanks. > "Copyright 2005 by XYZ. The copyright holder hereby grants permission to > everyone, forever, to do anything with this work which would otherwise be > restricted by his exclusive legal rights." This is sufficiently short, shorter than most things which are copyrightable at all. Thanks for the suggestion! Harald -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
