> -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Trulsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 3:02 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: Garrett Cooper; Kyrre Nygård; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Fix this: The Regents of the University of California. > Allrights reserved. > > > On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 02:38:33AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Garrett Cooper > > > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 8:04 PM > > > To: Kyrre Nygård > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Fix this: The Regents of the University of > California. All > > > rights reserved. > > > > > > > > > Kyrre Nygård wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > > Is it possible to change: > > > > > > > > Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. > > > > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, > 1992, 1993, 1994 > > > > The Regents of the University of California. All rights > > > reserved. > > > > > > > > Over to: > > > > > > > > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, > 1992, 1993, 1994 > > > > The Regents of the University of California. > > > > All rights reserved. > > > > > > > > If so, how is it done? > > > > > > > > To have `All rights reserved.' apply to both copyright > > > statements, it is necessary to break it down to the next line. It > > > would also look a whole lot neater, as the last number of `1994' > > > now aligns with the last letter of `reserved' using a monospaced > > > font, which ends up looking kind of weird. Trust me on this one. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Kyrre Nygård + mir-visuals.com + snoarc.no > > > > > > Now why would you want to do that? That's cutting FreeBSD > totally out of > > > the picture, which isn't correct since they're the copyright owners of > > > the FreeBSD project from 1992 to today. > > > > > > > Re-read what he said, Garrett: > > > > "To have `All rights reserved.' apply to BOTH copyright > > statements, it is necessary to break it down to the next line. > > > > Cutting FreeBSD out would leave ONE, not multiple, copyright lines. > > "BOTH" would not apply. He intended the first copyright line to > > remain, he just didn't print it. > > > > He is actually right, and it should be filed as a PR. Gramatically, > > right now the all rights reserved line does not apply to the > > first copyright line. > > > > Of course, to be really nitpicky, the (c) should be removed, because > > WTPO has already come out and stated that (c) isn't a valid copyright > > indicator, you must completely enclose the c in a circle. > > > As I understand it the phrase 'All rights reserved' was required by older > copyright rules but is obsolete these days. > I.e. changing the wording so that 'All rights reserved' applies to both > copyright statements is pointless since it does not have any legal > significance any more. >
If that is the case then leaving it in is also pointless. Why don't you file a PR with the appropriate cites to the literature? Ted _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
