From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 20 16: 1:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.vnet.net (smtp2.vnet.net [166.82.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B68BB14C58 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:01:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp2.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA21073; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:00:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA88024; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:00:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.2/8.6.9) id TAA36367; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:00:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:00:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199909202300.TAA36367@lakes.dignus.com> To: peter@netplex.com.au, ragnar@sysabend.org Subject: Re: GNU GLOBAL Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, shigio@tamacom.com, wghicks@bellsouth.net In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > > :Will you be assigning the copyright to the FSF? (ie: you'll never be able > :to change your mind? 50 years is a long time...) > > 70 now I believe. Changed to be compatible with the euros, who are all 70 > years apparently. If I understand things correctly, there will soon be legislation introduced to increase that time. Apparently, some companies, particularly Disney - were the big backers of the move to 70 years (to protect Mickey, et al) But, I've been lead to believe that the music and film industry has been pushing quite hard to increase that number... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message