Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:55:59 -0600 (CST) From: Lars Eighner <lars@larseighner.com> To: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Copyright notice in 9.1-RELEASE-p1 is 1992-2012 instead of 1992-2013 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302221246001.95952@abbf.ynefrvtuareubzr.pbz> In-Reply-To: <5127484C.2050208@ose.nl> References: <5127484C.2050208@ose.nl>
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2013, Bas Smeelen wrote: > I just upgraded to systems from 7.4-STABLE to 9.1-RELEASE-p1 and noticed that > the copyright shows 1992-2012 instead of 1992-2013 While it would be good for this to be fixed, under the terms of the Berne Convention and US copyright law, the notice is not absolutely necessary (this is the "You knew it wasn't yours!" answer your mom gave to "I did not know whose it was") and defects in the notice are not fatal to the copyright. Some fairly feeble remedies (such as amending the notice on undistributes copies, even after an infringement has been detected) are sufficient to protect the work. (I am not a lawyer, but I live from intellectual property.) -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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