Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!news From: news@sun.uucp (news) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: Copyright Message-ID: <36671@sun.uucp> Date: 16 Dec 87 17:20:38 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mtn View, CA Lines: 24 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com There is a document in the netnews source distribution called doc/copyright.mn by Jordan J. Breslow, which goes into some detail on copyrighting software. In short, if you write an original work, you don't have to do anything to have a copyright on it. To lose a copyright on it, you distribute it without a copyright notice. A copyright notice takes the form: Copyright 1987 Andrew Tannenbaum at the top of the document. That is, the word "copyright," the year of most recent modification, and the name of the person or corporation who claims the copyright, in that order. A c in a circle may replace the word "copyright." A c in parens (c) may NOT replace the word "copyright." Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer. I don't even play one on TV. Andrew Tannenbaum Interactive Boston, MA +1 617 247 1155 ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun