From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 27 10:08:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBACC16A400 for ; Sun, 27 May 2007 10:08:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57C1C13C484 for ; Sun, 27 May 2007 10:08:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-10-135.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.10.135]:51795 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1HsFfg-00081i-7K for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 May 2007 12:08:20 +0200 Received: (qmail 10085 invoked from network); 27 May 2007 12:01:36 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 27 May 2007 12:01:36 +0200 Received: (qmail 22666 invoked by uid 1001); 27 May 2007 12:01:36 +0200 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:01:36 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Ted Mittelstaedt Message-ID: <20070527100136.GA22579@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ted Mittelstaedt , Garrett Cooper , Kyrre =?iso-8859-1?Q?Nyg=E5rd?= , bugs@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org References: <4658F51B.7030507@u.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.10.135 X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1HsFfg-00081i-7K. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1HsFfg-00081i-7K 80b0c5b4133ce77433f6480a3d789b99 Cc: bugs@freebsd.org, Garrett Cooper , questions@freebsd.org, Kyrre =?iso-8859-1?Q?Nyg=E5rd?= Subject: Re: Fix this: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 10:08:21 -0000 On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 02:38:33AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >=20 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Garrett Cooper > > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 8:04 PM > > To: Kyrre Nyg=E5rd > > Cc: bugs@freebsd.org; questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Fix this: The Regents of the University of California. All > > rights reserved. > > > > > > Kyrre Nyg=E5rd wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > Is it possible to change: > > > > > > Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. > > > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1= 994 > > > The Regents of the University of California. All rights > > reserved. > > > > > > Over to: > > > > > > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1= 994 > > > The Regents of the University of California. > > > All rights reserved. > > > > > > If so, how is it done? > > > > > > To have `All rights reserved.' apply to both copyright > > statements, it is necessary to break it down to the next line. It > > would also look a whole lot neater, as the last number of `1994' > > now aligns with the last letter of `reserved' using a monospaced > > font, which ends up looking kind of weird. Trust me on this one. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Kyrre Nyg=E5rd + mir-visuals.com + snoarc.no > > > > Now why would you want to do that? That's cutting FreeBSD totally out of > > the picture, which isn't correct since they're the copyright owners of > > the FreeBSD project from 1992 to today. > > >=20 > Re-read what he said, Garrett: >=20 > "To have `All rights reserved.' apply to BOTH copyright > statements, it is necessary to break it down to the next line. >=20 > Cutting FreeBSD out would leave ONE, not multiple, copyright lines. > "BOTH" would not apply. He intended the first copyright line to > remain, he just didn't print it. >=20 > He is actually right, and it should be filed as a PR. Gramatically, > right now the all rights reserved line does not apply to the > first copyright line. >=20 > Of course, to be really nitpicky, the (c) should be removed, because > WTPO has already come out and stated that (c) isn't a valid copyright > indicator, you must completely enclose the c in a circle. As I understand it the phrase 'All rights reserved' was required by older copyright rules but is obsolete these days. I.e. changing the wording so that 'All rights reserved' applies to both copyright statements is pointless since it does not have any legal significance any more. --=20 Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se