Template talk:No rights reserved

message: Shouldn't there be a license category added to this template just like most other license templates have ? --Denniss 22:08, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That seems reasonable enough to me, so I added one - Category:Free use images is, I believe, the correct one. If there's a good reason not to have this, someone can always revert it. Mike1024 (talk/contribs) 15:17, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: License cat

message: If no rights are reserved, then it isn't really copyrighted is it? Isn't this the same as releasing it into the public domain? --Pmsyyz 08:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly!  The trouble is it seems that as the law currently works a copyright holder can't actually explicitly do that.  All you can do is say "I hold the copyright but I don't mind what you do with it", which is what this is.  It only becomes proper Public Domain 70 years after your death (well, probably a lot longer in the case of most people here, since that number keeps inching up for Mouse-related reasons) or if you produced it in the process of working for various government agencies whose products are automatically PD. See Wikipedia:Granting_work_into_the_public_domain. Bth 17:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description text 

message: Is there a difference at all, apart from No_rights_reserved trying harder to explain what it means? —Bromskloss 15:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference compared to {{tl|CopyrightedFreeUse}} 

message: I'd like to say that this template really expresses a nice attitude. It starts out forcefully, stating, in boldface, that the work is someones property, it's copyrighted… This is mine, I have all rights to it, and I have the right to decide any conditions of use of it in any way it pleases me. I decide that you may do anything you want with it, use it precisely as you see fit, and there is nothing whatsoever you can do about it! Amusing. :-) —Bromskloss 15:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is mine, you can have it 

message: Could there be an uncopyrighted symbol along with the green symbol or omit the green symbol since the category would be for stuff in the public domain? Pronoun 14:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Normally, a green symbol means the work is copyrighted, but is free to use for any purpose.  Peter O. (Talk) 17:20, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

text: We do have tags specifically for public domain. —Bromskloss 08:10, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncopyrighted sign 

message: This is a contradictionary. I don't like this license tag. If it is copyrighted, then it is not suitable for wikipedia, unless under the term of fair use. This template is prone to be abused. — Indon (reply) — 16:03, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To begin with, copyrighted material can be perfectly fine on Wikipedia. Most material is copyrighted, because as soon as you create something, it's copyrighted! Actually, copyright is a necessity to be able to use a license (such as GFDL), because if it werent for the copyright, no one would be forced to comply with the license you (the creator) specify. The reason for saying "this is copyrighted, but you can use it anyway you like" I think is because it might not be legally possible to give up copyright. Using this tag, I guess, achieves the same effect. —Bromskloss 17:03, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyrighted, but no rights reserved?