From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 17 10:18:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83EC816A4CE for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:18:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.volant.org (gate.volant.org [207.111.218.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63C8843D2D for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:18:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from patl+freebsd@volant.org) Received: from 64-144-229-193.client.dsl.net ([64.144.229.193] helo=[192.168.0.22]) by smtp.volant.org with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1C8Foq-0006GP-8b; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 03:18:21 -0700 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 03:18:24 -0700 From: Pat Lashley To: "Jack L. Stone" , isak@isak.is, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <91D27280660AA2F4CA3E240D@vanvoght.phoenix.volant.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Scan-Signature: 7708d280055561b3d027304dc11470c5f3c2aa8d X-Spam-User: nobody X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-Spam-Score-Int: -48 X-Spam-Report: This mail has matched the spam-filter tests listed below. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for details about the specific tests reported. In general, the higher the number of total points, the more likely that it actually is spam. (The 'required' number of points listed below is the arbitrary number above which the message is normally considered spam.) Content analysis details: (-4.9 points total, 5.0 required) -4.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Drop of portindex X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:18:34 -0000 --On Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:27:36 -0500 "Jack L. Stone" wrote: > This is probably a bit of useless info in this case, but my understanding > is that there is no such thing as an "International Copyright" protection. I think the closest thing to an "International Copyright" is a national copyright in a country which is a signatory to the Berne Convention. I believe it specifies that absent any explicit notice, any work is copyrighted by its creator. (As opposed to the old national conventions that required explicit notice, whithout which the work was in the public domain.) Also, I think the Berne Convention may contain a clause binding the signatories to recognize copyrights registered in each others' jurisdictions. In any case, you're much better off putting explicit notice in each file. (That still won't grant a copyright in non-signatory countries that require explicit registration. If any such still exist.) -Pat