Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:55:05 -0400 From: Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free sco unix Message-ID: <4DFCD869.5050205@radel.com> In-Reply-To: <20110618143607.GA23314@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20110617170347.GB55156@scout.stangl.us> <201106172202.p5HM29Gr017973@mail.r-bonomi.com> <BANLkTikFL7LniwWq6zQS=13gA6Bsp847bA@mail.gmail.com> <20110618143607.GA23314@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On 6/18/11 10:36 AM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 03:28:24PM +0200, C. P. Ghost wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Robert Bonomi >> <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote: >>> I'ts _MUCH_ simpler, to just sign and date a copy of the work, and have a >>> notary public 'witness' the signature. >> >> True. >> >> Without the service of a public registry of copyrighted works that (I think) >> only the US offers, and when you need a legally binding "official stamp" of >> some sort, you can go to a registered public notary. They're mildly expensive >> though; certainly a lot more expensive than the US Copyright Office fees. > > Have you ever had something notarized? I have had many things. It is > not generally expensive. They ask $5 - $20 and many banks will have > someone who will do it for for free if you have an account in the bank. > That is much cheaper than doing an officialy USA registration. > What the Notary notarizes is your signature being done at that place and on > that date. > > ////jerry This stream of comments from people who, for reasons I can't quite fathom, but I like to give them the benefit of the doubt and figure that they really don't know how provincial they're being, figure that everything is *just*like*it*is*in*their*country*of*residence* is really becoming quite tedious. Could we please stop it? Face it folks, despite global commerce and a heap of treaties, the low-level mechanics of how banking, the courts, notarizing documents, applying for patents, registering copyrights, etc., etc., etc. work vary from country to country, sometimes rather wildly. --Jon Radel jon@radel.com Adding terribly to the noise, once and only once
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