Re: "all rights reserved" and GPL On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 12:13:04PM +0530, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> // Copyright (C) 2007, Company X. All rights reserved.
> 
> 1) Is the usage of "All rights reserved" appropriate when a file is 
> being licensed under the GPL, or in fact under whatever license?

No.

> 2) What is the purpose of its usage?

There was once an international convention that required the phrase for
copyright protection to apply.  The convention is no longer relevant.

> 3) If it is that the licensor wants to say: "Any rights I have not 
> explicitly given you, you do not have"?

They don't need to say anything, as this is the normal state of affairs.

> 5) Is it *advisable* to use such a terminology in a copyright statement 
> in a file licensed under the GPL?

No.

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