Remove "all rights reserved" #2310
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The foundations holds the copyright and the CLA has a copyright grant clause so I think it's correct to have the foundation as a copyright owner (disclaimer: not a lawyer!). But I don't think it's correct to say "all rights reserved". This repo is licensed under MIT and anyone has rights to use it/distribute it according to the terms of the license (again: not a lawyer!). Also looks like this sentence is slowly becoming obsolete (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved)
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This will need a review from the legal team; cc @jorydotcom @leebyron
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The foundation holds the copyright and the CLA has a copyright grant clause so I think it's correct to have the foundation as a copyright owner (disclaimer: not a lawyer!).
But I don't think it's correct to say "all rights reserved". This repo is licensed under MIT and anyone has rights to use it/distribute it according to the terms of the license (again: not a lawyer!).
Also looks like this sentence is slowly becoming obsolete (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved)