-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Jennifer B Machovec wrote:
> I thought it might be helpful to give some background on the "all rights > reserved" phrase. The requirement for this phrase originated in the > Buenos Aires Convention of 1910, which provided that a copyright owner had > to make an express statement of the reservation of property rights in > order to have copyright protection in all countries that were party to the > convention. Because of subsequent changes in copyright law that I won't > bore you with (but can if you really want....), this phrase essentially > became useless for works first published in the United States and most > other North and South American countries. However, there are still a few > countries in which this is a meaningful declaration, and for that reason > IBM (and many other copyright owners, including ASF in its standard > notice) retain this phrase to avoid such an exposure. It does not in any > way change or restrict license grants that are made by the copyright > owner. > > As far as the copyright notice in the individual files, while I'm not > certain that there is a problem regarding the Apache Derby reference, it > would be consistent with the ASL v.2.0 instructions to add a notice > stating: "Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > you may not use this file except in compliance with the License." That > should remove any ambiguity. roy, does that answer your concerns or not? - -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Ken.Coar.Org/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBQWFcw5rNPMCpn3XdAQEm2gQAyeunX6B3ZD9Wh3y0GXGco9xEUPAUZNCZ ri4x1x9/Hh7zyMV0e9gRBlDdW46sgJOT/BmKbq2NzQgq7873eLuwoDtcRofg7/Ku kWqw/Gp2+fmCBpUQC2yRu5NynyQb3tq6q15OXdSf91PuU5znaWnFs2FSBr8U+r3T u9aVlmNOtic= =YJD5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
