On 1/29/06, Rod.. Whitworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A legal pedant once informed me that "(c)" is not a valid copyright > mark. He says that the only valid marks are the C-in-a-circle character > or "(copr)". > > It probably isn't uniform but the Berne Convention may have some rules. > > As usual IANAL so do your own checking but I'd hate to see somebody > doing truly free software losing his/her rights over a tiny detail if > the message I had was correct. >
I thought that the Berne convention said that anything you make (or perhaps just anything you publish? But that's a technicality since showing a friend your code could count as publishing) is automatically copyright'd by you. Putting copyright notice is just that: a notice. It's helpful in enforcing your copyright if the issue comes up, but it's not required. -Nick
