[dev] [commits] Horde branch master updated. 09649055a36ab8bd2841fc23c1c53526b814f6b2

[Vilius Šumskas]

> Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 9:12:45 PM, you wrote:
> 
> > Quoting Vilius Šumskas <vilius at lnk.lt>:
> 
> >> I think someone already pointed out that "(c)" doesn't contain any legal
> >> value  and  should be replaced with a word "Copyright" (which is already
> >> there) *or* special symbol "©". Hence you can remove it completely.
> 
> > That's not true, at least in the U.S.  Although the statue (17 USC
> > 401(b)(1)) does declare:
> 
> > "the symbol © (the letter C in a circle), or the word “Copyright”, or
> > the abbreviation “Copr.”"
> 
> > it is widely understood that (c) == ©, especially when dealing with
> > character sets that don't support the copyright symbol.  Not to
> 
> True,  but when considering *legal* value the only symbol "in the books"
> is C in a _circle_.
> 
> I will try to check this with our company lawyer tomorrow.

Looks like Michael is right. According to our lawyer (C) == © legally. Even more, a word "Copyright" == © == (C). So it is enough to use any of these. He also mentioned that © is usually used only for graphic representation.

> Anyway,  it  should  be at least consistent with the rest of packages.
> Currently most packages does contain only "Copyright".
> 
> > mention it is much easier to type (c) then to try to figure out how to
> > generate the symbol.
> 
> > Of course, as of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 (or any country that
> > is as signatory to the Berne convention) there is no legal requirement
> > to indicate copyright *at all*.  But as a practical matter, it should
> > be displayed.
> 
> > michael
> 
> > ___________________________________
> > Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Best regards,
>  Vilius
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