Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 486CD16CA for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 05:54:29 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from zinan.dashjr.org (zinan.dashjr.org [192.3.11.21]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BCC9170 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 05:54:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ishibashi.localnet (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:5:265:61b6:56a6:b03d:28d6]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 47F6B1080057; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 05:53:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Hashcash: 1:25:151006:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org::X8isTvhw3vWD/lr5:an10o X-Hashcash: 1:25:151006:milly@bitcoins.info::p60hpU72sbF8y6Ae:cRcZG From: Luke Dashjr To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Milly Bitcoin Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 05:53:20 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/4.1.6-gentoo; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) References: <5613573C.1080002@bitcoins.info> <561360F4.2010906@bitcoins.info> In-Reply-To: <561360F4.2010906@bitcoins.info> X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: E463 A93F 5F31 17EE DE6C 7316 BD02 9424 21F4 889F X-PGP-Key-ID: BD02942421F4889F X-PGP-Keyserver: hkp://pgp.mit.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201510060553.21578.luke@dashjr.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD 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 05:54:29 -0000 Copyright doesn't care how notices are written. They are merely informative= =20 to humans reading them. Anyhow, this is not development related, so please= =20 direct any further discussion of it to me directly (with any applicable CCs= )=20 and NOT to the mailing list. Thanks, Luke On Tuesday, October 06, 2015 5:49:40 AM Milly Bitcoin via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Maybe you are confused with a compilation notice that would say "All > Content Copyright and other rights reserved by its Respective Owners" or > something similar. That is not the same thing as claiming ownership > using the "c" inside the circle. >=20 > There is also a difference between claiming a copyright for individual > works as part of a compilation as opposed to claiming a copyright on the > compilation itself (which is what the current notice is). >=20 > Russ >=20 > On 10/6/2015 1:08 AM, Milly Bitcoin wrote: > >> 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. > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > --- > >=20 > > From Nolo: > > What is a valid copyright notice? > >=20 > > A copyright notice should contain: > > =E2=80=A2the word "copyright" > > =E2=80=A2a "c" in a circle (=C2=A9) > > =E2=80=A2the date of publication, and > > =E2=80=A2the name of either the author or the owner of all the copyrigh= t rights > > in the published work. > >=20 > > For example, the correct copyright for the fourth edition of The > > Copyright Handbook, by Stephen Fishman (Nolo), is Copyright =C2=A9 1998= by > > Stephen Fishman. > >=20 > > --- > > from USPTO: > >=20 > > 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. > > --- > >=20 > > Russ >=20 > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev