Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 May 2009 19:11:21 -0700 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option |
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On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:01:49PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 03:12:08PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > But what was wrong with what they told us to do with regards to how to > > specify the copyright on a file? I don't recall seeing anything that > > contridicted what I was told, but that was many many years ago, so I > > probably am forgetting... > > I don't remember exactly, and can't be bothered to look it up. It was > something along the lines of you saying an IBM lawyer had told you > that in: > > Copyright (c) 2009 > > the (c) was a non-optional part. I found something that said the (c) > had no legal meaning.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf
Page 4, bottom of first column through second column.
Thanx, Paul
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