From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 10 14:16:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA19823 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:16:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA19169; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:13:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gibbs@plutotech.com) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA09812; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:13:47 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199806102113.PAA09812@pluto.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Jason Thorpe cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, core@FreeBSD.ORG, cgd@netbsd.org, ross@netbsd.org, core@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Copyright infringement in FreeBSD/alpha In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:54:53 PDT." <199806102054.NAA24707@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:09:07 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >...an error made worse by the fact that, regardless of what the head >revision of the file has, revisions LACKING the notice are still available >via the exported RCS information. And you still have legal recourse to defend your claim to that code regardless of whether the copyright is there or not. Your legal rights are the same regardless of whether the user pulls the revision out of CVS that lacks your copyright or they delete the copyrights manually. >Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov >NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 >NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 >Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 428 6939 -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message