On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 11:21 AM Cristian Le via legal <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2026/07/28 17:19, Miroslav Suchý via legal wrote: > > > Dne 28. 07. 26 v 12:57 odp. Cristian Le via legal napsal(a): > >> I just got hit by another project that is over-eager to add the "All > >> rights reserved" snippet on a FOSS license. > >> > >> I have opened an issue with upstream [1], but I guess we do not > >> actually have a documented guidance or reference to point upstream to? > > Can you provide link to the license text that has these words. I could > > not find it in that referenced project. > > Yey, they just fixed-up the whole commit history 🥲. > > It's in > https://github.com/hfp/libxs/blob/2132ebbc67fbf0756f600e6cddace6ffd1a1ddea/LICENSE.md > though >
My understanding is "All rights reserved." is redundant. This is implied as the primary copyright holder, and it's a cargo-cult phrase. The rights *are* reserved, and the license is delegation of privileges to you through the license grant. Basically, don't worry about it. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
