From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 11:13:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D660106566C for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:13:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (mail.team1internet.com [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DC888FC0C for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:13:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [216.110.13.81]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 49D1C16B4A5; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:13:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 lars@larseighner.com; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:12:55 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:12:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: lars@noos.6dollardialup To: Alan Clements In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="21774345-1138927386-1315912374=:25294" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: copyrights 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: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:13:33 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --21774345-1138927386-1315912374=:25294 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Tue, 13 Sep 2011, Alan Clements wrote: > On the front page of the FreeBSD Handbook the copyright notice reads: > > "Copyright=A0=A9 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, > 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 The FreeBSD > Documentation Project" > > This seems excessively long. Is there a reason why it just doesn't simply= read: > > "Copyright=A0=A9 1995-2011 The FreeBSD Documentation Project" > > This seems more readable. The former is running off the end of the > page and is starting to look cluttered. Unless there is some legal > reason I'm not aware of listing each year in order seems unnecessary. Signatories of the Berne Convention, including the United States and almost all civilized countries, do not require the notice at all. As a reminder to nice people, the shorter form would surely do. --=20 Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 --21774345-1138927386-1315912374=:25294--