From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03EB720E1 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 22:14:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-ob0-f175.google.com (mail-ob0-f175.google.com [209.85.214.175]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52BE6B0 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2015 22:14:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbda8 with SMTP id da8so165865510obb.1 for ; Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:14:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=reply-to:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ut3YQHVVBa4kExpv9fMp4sSN2PqQsUf/h4/2WyE5jLY=; b=DGQQDsAlJlF8Z+veo9VkXw1Qw+ulMxsO4M6nHYu0+jMxIoX7QrFCIOaz0GSIvAmaNr scRhB6tk3zmmODRlDAZpJdzs079A/YrDSswNDwcpMu5GoPBqcCgB4IU+pLDV8aMAl84T dJ9k3X6mvbBlbqtzqvStloj8tnvSIUvRX4aMX3Bcvk8olt7aX0cOIG9uZBPLsAMXPU0y dFvAohu3/+dpIxsAjnaXu987Qt3uQFOwIUZ2XX0DJoQCvaJAliz/fnvc6ddD7CgpbaUF KYVJQq3mNQceKrfVzgEIrcwcrmfqwRHANw/mAjR2xhxt4BXJvxHhgiYi3eV2rd4wSJw2 TCaQ== X-Received: by 10.182.118.202 with SMTP id ko10mr21747522obb.25.1444169649699; Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.2] ([206.255.86.207]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id tp1sm15275399obc.12.2015.10.06.15.14.08 (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: moonpunter@gmail.com To: Milly Bitcoin , bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org References: <8EF9A9A8-3EBE-4427-9745-1C494DF12E9A@gmx.com> <5613428F.4080504@bitcoins.info> <201510060454.14127.luke@dashjr.org> <5613573C.1080002@bitcoins.info> <561360F4.2010906@bitcoins.info> From: phm Message-ID: <561447B0.3030903@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 17:14:08 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:41.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/41.0 SeaMonkey/2.38 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <561360F4.2010906@bitcoins.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] This thread is not about the soft/hard fork technical debate X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 22:14:11 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 In any case this is basically the purpose of version tracking software such as Git or CVS or any other. It would not be hard to figure out who had done what. I see you're splitting hairs over nothing as usual, though, Russ, so I'll leave you to it. phm Milly Bitcoin via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Maybe you are confused with a compilation notice that would say "All Content Copyright and other rights reserved by its Respective Owners" or something similar. That is not the same thing as claiming ownership using the "c" inside the circle. > > There is also a difference between claiming a copyright for individual works as part of a compilation as opposed to claiming a copyright on the compilation itself (which is what the current notice is). > > Russ > > > On 10/6/2015 1:08 AM, Milly Bitcoin wrote: >>> The copyright notice refers to the fact that each contributor owns >>> copyright >>> to his own contributions. There is no legal group that owns copyright >>> to the >>> entirety of the code. >>> >> >> No, that is not what such a notice means. The part after the "c" in the >> circle is the legal owner. If the legal owners are not properly >> identified then the notice is not valid. >> >> --- >> From Nolo: >> >> What is a valid copyright notice? >> >> A copyright notice should contain: >> •the word "copyright" >> •a "c" in a circle (©) >> •the date of publication, and >> •the name of either the author or the owner of all the copyright rights >> in the published work. >> >> For example, the correct copyright for the fourth edition of The >> Copyright Handbook, by Stephen Fishman (Nolo), is Copyright © 1998 by >> Stephen Fishman. >> >> --- >> from USPTO: >> >> Use of the notice informs the public that a work is protected by >> copyright, identifies the copyright owner, and shows the year of first >> publication. >> --- >> >> Russ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWFEewAAoJEIUV926tz9E87a4P/21Znk1tx/ZCA4eykig75S9I d0xyLRREVL/SBOBzE8kJh1YmiHAG1ziHzsgpobNn/N2VuKanCKSXuR3niV5WRtYw +Oa4uVZUNtAtXKSrFSiGpwJoZN5JnUADcx4sK7En3Z5gFEYSAPrMwvm+M0upl9rd 5b2/VQ/dm3fDUnntnz4DfhV3otEbcLo6imaaV6RDIPru61Fc20blHJhQPEX0laex N1rUiUvsyUL9H66fGFYmm/6YJcO26k3gPNmmODJdApv7uTVfHBj3c2r4xKSIDVES WxdL+DdyzJQU6Ng95793QTx29Wn8pV1FlMkC9TQ3biQ1ivoAAKbvxzI27swbPx7d WGu/ATDj3UN2RBY3hzTTpMIVK5kITVo+QGtA8cg+KcLjVPaasYdb13zy/pE6PO8J 4AWd/nYP/bQlkrebeFylY7vQi6TNCDtpfkJE2r8H+3RovqigN+pLLVhuEVlOBtM1 7N5gAvJWqKtUIgzNKte+eS/yaOFBhHp+veC+QfNMDechC4OGM7IDVdf9oVy9DSCX 68XThI62AT+uhKjvs8ZG3L88AUiiYK6RC4YCUZVoydbQHovmvQRL3Wb36n+krcGH iV3n3lfk7+D9IrX6ieRwmHpa9a7VAIekqUuCSBdsXBCUM5zNz48bRNJSofjWLtSm 5p0mp5jQxte8loevZztf =psJx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----