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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
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On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:18:53PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:11:21PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> That notices actually aren't needed any more?  Yes.  The bit I was
> referring to was this:
> 
> 1	 The symbol © (the letter C in a circle), or the word
>   "Copyright," or the abbreviation "Copr."; and
> 
> In particular, I've seen elsewhere that (c) is not a valid representation
> of 'the letter C in a circle'.

I am more than happy to let you search the case law on this one.

							Thanx, Paul