Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 23:27:26 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, j@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: copyright notice in /usr/src/lib/libc/stdtime missing? Message-ID: <199605301327.XAA22580@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> Garrett, there should be copyrights on ALL files. If you don't >> understand this then words truly fail me. I don't think you really mean `ALL' files :-). Let me attempt to classify some files: /bin/sh: Copyrightable (I hope, since this is less unsuitable than patentable). It needs to be copyrighted to permit further copying. The copyright is `on' the source files, not in the binary. /usr/src/share/misc/ascii: Less copyrightable than a phone book. Who knows if phone books are copyrightable (I believe it depends on the method of collection of entries)? Apparently not explicitly copyrighted. The file format apparently doesn't allow comments. /usr/src/share/misc/*: Mostly not explicitly copyrighted, even in files that allow comments. Some probably aren't copyrightable. Others should be copyrighted to permit further copying. /usr/src/share/zoneinfo/*: Not explicitly copyrighted. All copyrightable. Should be copyrighted to permit further copying. Isn't there a central copyright for the timezone release? zic sources are also missing copyrights. >If it's not public domain (but freeware in any other sense), some >copyright of the original authors should be added. Not necessarily in the individual files. Bruce
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