Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

Matthew Wilcox
2009-05-05T02:02:03Z

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.

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