Re: Copyright update

Bruce Momjian wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:200901011947.n01Jlwi19211@momjian.us" type="cite"><pre wrap="">Andrew
Chernowwrote: </pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">I am not a lawyer, but if its one work, why is there a notice
inevery source 
 
file?  ISTM that if it were one work there would only have to be one notice.   </pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">
Because people often take source files and copy them for use in other
projects. </pre></blockquote><br /> As per my previous message, although people do this, it is not "safer" to copy a
filewithout an explicit copyright embedded within the file, than to copy a file without an explicit copyright embedded
withinthe file. The explicit copyright embedded serves more of a warning for people that don't know better to guilt
theminto thinking twice before doing whatever they are doing, than an actual legal requirement for enforcement of
copyrightrestrictions.<br /><br /> Cheers,<br /> mark<br /><br /><pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
 
Mark Mielke <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mark@mielke.cc"><mark@mielke.cc></a>
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