From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/11] commit: add tests of commit races Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:54:38 -0800 Message-ID: References: <1423412045-15616-1-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu> <1423412045-15616-7-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu> <54DB6F9C.7060600@alum.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Michael Haggerty , Ronnie Sahlberg , Jonathan Nieder , =?utf-8?B?Tmd1eeG7hW4gVGjDoWkgTmfhu41j?= , "git\@vger.kernel.org" To: Stefan Beller X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Feb 11 19:54:56 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YLcR5-0007yD-DJ for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:54:55 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753779AbbBKSyn (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:54:43 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp1.int.icgroup.com ([208.72.237.35]:58944 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753658AbbBKSyl (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:54:41 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA92C3897A; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:54:40 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=z/9KhppMcRGxU+tu7kHhptJPy0k=; b=oxMfmc PLG23EVOVbuzmAFE2EbLsG+3711tWVuOoPpmB1iBWiHL+ME1zGxFm7665Kmjbeyf bm6DzKN8x9jxMkLXcGLxRlnid/KW/EbvyO9dkZhQGZW2RWDJCkQZakwoovL8kNw+ QGMPxNNBQGUIP6Dj5ILaVWmOMX08GkX+fxiGQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=NtG3S63/zeeFEHsIvtIaKEO2I7gV4mkm dzjbU1ytKPmdXgfdx7+lPUVzeh0NH2o9WYZESLOPX88PWeL2Z2ZAWxRA0O5UGNZ3 5nNtr/a6Xllnx7o0XwHm2HdOn0OxR/0n/rqqWa+SI0REbY24Bap4FjxU0LuL8Bk1 WVXblhJMaqc= Received: from pb-smtp1.int.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDAA738979; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:54:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [72.14.226.9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 37C9238976; Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:54:40 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Beller's message of "Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:24:35 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 6EF2B2FC-B21F-11E4-8FC0-A4119F42C9D4-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Stefan Beller writes: > Quoting from wikipedia[1] > > (note however that when the United States joined the Convention > in 1988, it continued to make statutory damages and attorney's fees > only available for registered works). > > Does that mean if somebody would infringe the GPL on git (e.g. selling > a modified git version without giving sources), it would be harder to > tell him to stop because of the missing attorney's fees in case we drop > out the copyright notices? (I have no deep understanding of legal > processes in the US). No. "registered works" in that sentence is about registering copyright with U.S. Copyright Office. In-file Copyright circle-c line does not have much to do with that.