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Changed by [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=75916 --- shadow/75916 2005-08-28 05:59:59.000000000 -0400 +++ shadow/75916.tmp.18738 2005-08-28 07:47:33.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Bug#: 75916 Product: Mono: Runtime Version: 1.1 OS: unknown OS Details: -Status: NEEDINFO +Status: REOPENED Resolution: Severity: Unknown Priority: Wishlist Component: misc AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] @@ -360,6 +360,21 @@ ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-08-28 05:59 ------- Why you need explaination is to explain that you are not just infringing copyrights but those date and time strings are just "fact" not a "creation". No other discussion is meaningful. + +------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-08-28 07:47 ------- +My opinion is that these patterns are not subject to copyright as +they are not intellectual works. + +Date formats are usually parts of languages or national traditions +and nobody can claim copyright on historical languages or national +traditions. + +Furthermore the date format(s) used in a specific +country/region/culture/language is a fact just like the official +currency or the official language. + +As such we can use them freely the only thing we should research is +that they are really facts or some of them are incorrect. _______________________________________________ mono-bugs maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-bugs
