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From: hsu@pix.com (Dagwood Splits the Atom)
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
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References: <l8hhhkINN695@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> <14809@ksr.com> <16r3icINNhi3@wendy-fate.UU.NET>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 16:11:24 GMT
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In article <16r3icINNhi3@wendy-fate.UU.NET> kyle@wendy-fate.UU.NET (Kyle Jones) writes:
>jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods) writes:
> > The problem is that the law basically *requires* that the copyright get in your
> > face.
>
>Yeah, but does all the verbiage have to be up front?
No, it doesn't. For the purpose of copyright notice, placement at the end
of the file is sufficient. Quoting from an old circular (R61, Copyright
Registration for Computer Programs) I dug out of my files...
LOCATION OF COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Section 201,20(g), 37 C.F.R.
(g) WORKS REPRODUCED IN MACHINE-READABLE COPIES
For works reproduced in machine-readable copies (such as magnetic
tapes or disks, punched cards, or the like), from which the work cannot
ordinarily be visually perceived except with the aid of a machine or
device,(footnote 1) each of the following constitute examples of
acceptable methods of affixation and position of notice:
(1) A notice embodied in the copies in machine-readable form in such
a manner that on visually perceptible printouts it appears either with
or near the title, or at the end of the work;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...
Footnote 1 is an explanation that works requiring only optical enlargement
(such as microfiche) and works published in visually perceptible form but
used in connection with optical scanning devices are not included in this
category.
Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer. Reading this stuff is just a hobby. Don't
ask me any detailed questions about intellectual property law.
-dave
--
Dave Hsu <hsu@pix.com> -or- <hsu@eng.umd.edu>
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Have nerds, will telnet. And *I'm* not going to be the exception."