Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:00:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: peter@netplex.com.au, ragnar@sysabend.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, shigio@tamacom.com, wghicks@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: GNU GLOBAL Message-ID: <199909202300.TAA36367@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990920145249.1543A-100000@beelzebubba.sysabend.org>
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> > On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > > :Will you be assigning the copyright to the FSF? (ie: you'll never be able > :to change your mind? 50 years is a long time...) > > 70 now I believe. Changed to be compatible with the euros, who are all 70 > years apparently. If I understand things correctly, there will soon be legislation introduced to increase that time. Apparently, some companies, particularly Disney - were the big backers of the move to 70 years (to protect Mickey, et al) But, I've been lead to believe that the music and film industry has been pushing quite hard to increase that number... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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