Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3DC3E14B0 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 05:08:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.help.org (mail.help.org [70.90.2.18]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A7FF716B for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 05:08:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.1.10.25] (Unknown [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 01:08:26 -0400 To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: <8EF9A9A8-3EBE-4427-9745-1C494DF12E9A@gmx.com> <5613428F.4080504@bitcoins.info> <201510060454.14127.luke@dashjr.org> From: Milly Bitcoin Message-ID: <5613573C.1080002@bitcoins.info> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 01:08:12 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201510060454.14127.luke@dashjr.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] This thread is not about the soft/hard fork technical debate X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 05:08:31 -0000 > The copyright notice refers to the fact that each contributor owns copyright > to his own contributions. There is no legal group that owns copyright to the > entirety of the code. > No, that is not what such a notice means. The part after the "c" in the circle is the legal owner. If the legal owners are not properly identified then the notice is not valid. --- From Nolo: What is a valid copyright notice? A copyright notice should contain: •the word "copyright" •a "c" in a circle (©) •the date of publication, and •the name of either the author or the owner of all the copyright rights in the published work. For example, the correct copyright for the fourth edition of The Copyright Handbook, by Stephen Fishman (Nolo), is Copyright © 1998 by Stephen Fishman. --- from USPTO: Use of the notice informs the public that a work is protected by copyright, identifies the copyright owner, and shows the year of first publication. --- Russ