Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:11:21PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:01:49PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 03:12:08PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > But what was wrong with what they told us to do with regards to how to
> > > specify the copyright on a file?  I don't recall seeing anything that
> > > contridicted what I was told, but that was many many years ago, so I
> > > probably am forgetting...
> > 
> > I don't remember exactly, and can't be bothered to look it up.  It was
> > something along the lines of you saying an IBM lawyer had told you
> > that in:
> > 
> > Copyright (c) 2009
> > 
> > the (c) was a non-optional part.  I found something that said the (c)
> > had no legal meaning.
> 
> http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf
> 
> Page 4, bottom of first column through second column.

That notices actually aren't needed any more?  Yes.  The bit I was
referring to was this:

1	 The symbol © (the letter C in a circle), or the word
  "Copyright," or the abbreviation "Copr."; and

In particular, I've seen elsewhere that (c) is not a valid representation
of 'the letter C in a circle'.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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