Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Ben Finney
Tristan Seligmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Copyright notices are only valid if they contain all three of: * The word Copyright and/or the copyright symbol © * The year(s) the copyright began in the work * The name of the legal entity that holds

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Ben Finney wrote: My understanding is that a copyright declaration on the work makes it easier to prove to a court that the recipient knows that the work *is* copyrighted to the specified entity, and that the copyright is current. Furthermore, in the event that a work is infringed, if the

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Tristan Seligmann
* Arnoud Engelfriet [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-01-30 15:57:06 +0100]: Ben Finney wrote: My understanding is that a copyright declaration on the work makes it easier to prove to a court that the recipient knows that the work *is* copyrighted to the specified entity, and that the copyright is

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Ben Finney
Tristan Seligmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hmm. This is frustrating, because on the one hand, it's probably worth avoiding an innocent infringement defense; on the other hand, updating copyright notices every year seems like a rather tedious task that people typically don't ever get around

Re: RFS: Thousand Parsec packages.

2008-01-30 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Wednesday 30 January 2008 04:33:19 pm Tristan Seligmann wrote: Hmm. This is frustrating, because on the one hand, it's probably worth avoiding an innocent infringement defense; on the other hand, updating copyright notices every year seems like a rather tedious task that people typically