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On 3/28/2010 6:32 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
> It's common to see:
> 
> *****
> Copyright <Year> <Blah>. All Rights Reserved.
> 
> <Licensing of rights to recipient of package>
> ******
> 
> 
> When including the copyright header in a NOTICE file, what thoughts
> are there on whether we should include the "All Rights Reserved"
> statement? It seems misleading/confusing to be saying that and putting
> the license in LICENSE.
> 
> If we have a license to redistribute something - the rights aren't
> reserved. Can we delete it as a piece of bad text?

Yes they are reserved.

The LICENSE offers specific rights, under specific terms.


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