On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 01:13:48AM -0800, Ryan Niebur wrote: >On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 12:39:45AM -0800, Michael Crawford wrote: >>>It says "by Charlton Harrison" and he documented when the releases >>>were on his website. From that could I just construct a copyright >>>notice and use that? >> >>My understanding is that "copyright descends on a work the instant it >>is created." So the release dates could reasonably serve to indicate >>the copyright years. But I don't have a clue as to whether it would >>then be legal or appropriate for you to add an explicit notice. > >okay, I got it figured out now, thanks.
How did you figure it out? Did you make one up? You must include a verbatim copyright notice. See: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-pkgcopyright http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2003/08/msg00059.html >>I Am Not A Lawyer But I Play One On The Internet. Hmm, the line above is IANALBPOOTI :)
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