Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:04:10 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: rwatson@FreeBSD.org Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, jeff@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, ivoras@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r187580 - head/tools/sched Message-ID: <20090122.160410.-1305646724.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901222230430.66510@fledge.watson.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901221846230.66510@fledge.watson.org> <9bbcef730901221255u5767d16bo230da23542a171d7@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901222230430.66510@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Ivan Voras wrote:
: =
: > 2009/1/22 Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>:
: >
: >> FWIW, the one case where I don't really do that is when I worked o=
n some =
: >> code on my own and hence hold the copyright for it, then did some =
work =
: >> under a contract for a customer on it such that they own the copyr=
ight on =
: >> enhancements, and then I do some further work on my own. In that =
case, =
: >> I'll leave a discontinuity to reflect the fact that the copyright =
on =
: >> changes made in the gap were assigned elsewhere. Not clear this i=
s the =
: >> right thing to do, but I'm fairly sure at least some of my custome=
rs are =
: >> more comfortable with that as it leaves no confusion in the source=
as to =
: >> which bits they sponsored/own.
: >
: > Of course this is purely cosmetic as "one year" is a terrible granu=
larity =
: > for commits to a moving target :)
: >
: > (i.e. legally it's worthless information)
: =
: Sorry, that simply isn't the case, as copyright expiration doesn't tr=
ack the =
: exact moment at which something was created. Copyright law varies by=
country, =
: but US copyright law is of particular importance to the FreeBSD Proje=
ct, so I =
: direct you to the US Copyright Office's rather helpful circular 92, w=
hich =
: provides a useful summary:
: =
: =A7 305. Duration of copyright: Terminal date
: =
: All terms of copyright provided by sections 302 through 304 run to=
the end
: of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire.
: =
: So the year of creation really is the date that matters. And as nebul=
ous as =
: the far-off expiration of copyright dates may seem to you now, rememb=
er that: =
: (a) we work on software that includes copyrights almost 30 years old,=
and (b) =
: copyright law has an annoying propensity to change out from under you=
.=
Also, works fixed in tangible form in the last half of the year expire
as if they'd been fixed in that form in the following year. Which is
why you see books 'Copyright (c) 2009' starting in about October...
Warner
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