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Copyright doesn't care how notices are written. They are merely informative=
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to humans reading them. Anyhow, this is not development related, so please=
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direct any further discussion of it to me directly (with any applicable CCs=
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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
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