Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 18:06:08 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stolen script? Message-ID: <20001002180608.A252@parish> In-Reply-To: <55614.970457144@winston.osd.bsdi.com>; from jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com on Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 08:25:44PM -0700 References: <bright@wintelcom.net> <55614.970457144@winston.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 08:25:44PM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > Like I said in the original email, I'm pretty sure src/COPYRIGHT > > covers all files originally imported into the repository. > > I'm afraid that such "blanket coverage" would not be even remotely > legal, according to the Bern convention or otherwise. All files must > bear the appropriate rcopyright text, especially given the fact that > we mix and match copyrights under /usr/src - /usr/src/gnu is obviously > not covered by src/COPYRIGHT for example. > Ah thank you. That was what I was wondering. I would imagine that a single, blanket coverage, copyright file would only be valid/legal if all the files it covered were *only* available in a single tarball (and then the copyright would have to be on the tarball "and all files contained therein". > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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