On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:28:42PM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote: > Actually, Gentoo is. The government doesn't insist on people signing exactly > what their ID has printed. Christopher could sign Chris, you can > omit/abbreviate names, etc... With common law, the government even admits it > does not have the authority to tell you what your name it-- if it is your > name (by definition of the word 'name'), they accept it. > Gentoo deals specifically with copyrights. The US government doesn't require > a > name of any kind to be used for a copyright. I could write some random > program without any comments or copyright information whatsoever, and it > would still be legally copyrighted to me.
No, they are not. If you bring government ID with a name on it that is good enough. So if you get a passport/driving license with whichever name you would like this week then that is good enough. So we are exactly as fussy. -- rob holland - [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ 5251 4FAC D684 8845 5604 E44F D65C 392F D91B 4729 ] -- [email protected] mailing list
