Well, I don't know how you're supposed to indicate international copyright
in a plain text file. US copyright law says you have to use either the
symbol or "Copyright" or "Copr.". International copyright (under the
Universal Copyright Convention) says that the symbol is the only acceptable
form.
--
Martin Cooper
Tumbleweed Communications
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Westbay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-struts/src/doc/stylesheets struts.xsl
userGuide.xsl
> Husted-san wrote:
>
> > (c) isn't actually legal. Though, Copyright with the date is just as
> > good as the symbol.
>
> Isn't legal? That's an odd one. Is a small, half-pitched katakana "u"
> in its place legal? That's what I used to see back when I used Windows.
> Now I see either a "?" or nothing at all due to different font sets on
> UNIX.
>
> If a circled "c" is the only allowable gliph, then I guess an image would
> be necessary for the highest international appeal.
>
> (Japanese sites tend to either use "(c)" or "(C)". Does that mean that
> none of them are actually being protected by copyright?)
>
> --
> Michael Westbay
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