From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Martin Langhoff" Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-mktree: reverse of git-ls-tree. Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:20:40 +1300 Message-ID: <46a038f90602210220w68edb71aq9f9f54ac278cb9e0@mail.gmail.com> References: <7vk6bp43qm.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <1140504750.16926.111.camel@evo.keithp.com> <43FAD35E.5080401@op5.se> <7vr75x11or.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: "Andreas Ericsson" , git@vger.kernel.org, "Keith Packard" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 21 11:21:24 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBUdj-0000wQ-FY for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:21:03 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161456AbWBUKUn (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:20:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161459AbWBUKUm (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:20:42 -0500 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.196]:59611 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161458AbWBUKUl convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:20:41 -0500 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i24so802398wra for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:20:40 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ZLiy2xFbUVxL9wPNu7FvY1ZcZWrY8b3SlZM4SzFFXUrYd3iGjfiReQo3HwAYNuO0bNweGRiZGrYyKECMY+k3ZIitqqAHvMEbRE0yWMiP+wZAF1AvHneLz6eK/lFsspYg/OHSsKKhe75DCBq4tmdad7rxNh2jQtlRBJSKbywXnew= Received: by 10.54.92.18 with SMTP id p18mr4289516wrb; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:20:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.127.9 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:20:40 -0800 (PST) To: "Junio C Hamano" In-Reply-To: <7vr75x11or.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 2/21/06, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Keith is saying that unlike ciecle-c, (c) is meaningless. While > he is right about that, it does not matter, as long as he is > talking about "legal meaning in the US". It is my understanding > that spelled out "Copyright" (or its abbreviation, "Copr.") > weighs as much as the circle-c mark. > > And it matters even less these days. US law traditionally > required copyright notice to be protected, but after 1989 US > Copyright Act, made in line with Berne convention, the notice is > not even necessary. It used to be that you would want circle-c, > Copyright and "All Rights Reserved", if you really wanted to be > anal. Buenos Aires signatories are all Berne members these > days, it became just obsolete inertia. Not entirely useless though. It serves as an indication of who to contact for permission to copy. It's not as good as it should be ("which of the 35 L.Torvalds in the phonebook does this mean?"). Copyright law reform proponents do sometimes talk of a central database with contact details for copyright owners and other measures to facilitate brokerage of licenses. It also serves as a reminder of the need for a license, though legally it's not required. Just like a lock in the door, while often easy to pick or crack open and definitely not required, reminds people that trespassing is a crime. Bah, social mores, laws and other vices of humanity... martin