Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:19:58 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not simplify Copyright at boot/dmesg? Message-ID: <20130223181958.d546a952.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <drwlnpdvebjggzetfekb@cfpt> References: <qviesabrhynrngzbhtbv@koui> <20130223171150.eeb88206.freebsd@edvax.de> <drwlnpdvebjggzetfekb@cfpt>
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:14:48 +0100, vermaden wrote: > > > Od: "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> > Do: "vermaden" <vermaden@interia.pl>; > Wysłane: 17:11 Sobota 2013-02-23 > Temat: Re: Why not simplify Copyright at boot/dmesg? > > > On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:47:10 +0100, vermaden wrote: > > > Why not simplify that: > > > > > > | Copyright (c) 1992-2013 The FreeBSD Project. > > > | Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > > > | The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > > > | FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > > > | (...) > > > > > > ... into that: > > > > > > | Copyright (c) 1992-2013 The FreeBSD Project. > > > | Copyright (c) 1979-1994 The Regents of the University of California. > > > | FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > > > | (...) > > > > Because you need to exclude 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1990 > > which are missing in list of years. :-) > > It may sound like ignorance, but why we need to exclude them? To be honest: I have no idea. It's just that I noticed this at first sight. I would assume there is some specific legal sense behind this naming and counting convention; "two lawyers, three opinions" might apply. :-) > We do not exclude any years for FreeBSD Project ;) But "The FreeBSD Project" as a copyright holder covers a different time frame than "The Regents of the University of California", so this seems to be some specific difference causing two lines of copyright information. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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