Re: octave-plplot: intention to package
Ben Pfaff writes:
> What I have heard is that `all rights reserved' is just a generic phrase
> used to secure copyright, it doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't a
> license that allows you to copy it.
"All rights reserved" was required by a long-obsolete copyright treaty. It
is meaningless under the Berne convention. It does no harm here since the
subsequent license clearly supersedes it, but it is confusing and should
not be used.
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