[2002-11-24] Thomas Wenisch wrote: >Hi, > >Just as a note to those scanning files for copyright messages, I was once >informed by lawyers at one of my former employers that the string "(C)" >(that is, a capital C in parenthesis) has no legal standing - only the >word "copyright" or the copyright symbol (not available in ASCII) legally >imply a claim of copyright. > >Whether this is correct or not, I would suggest that Boost err on the side >of caution. If we are going to scan files for copyright strings, we might >as well require that they spell out the word "copyright". > >Thoughts?
Nice to know, but AFAIK "(C)" does have legal standing; but only if used in addition to "Copyright". And yes the command as previously posted checked for "copyright" only :-) >On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Beman Dawes wrote: > >> At 12:36 PM 11/19/2002, Rene Rivera wrote: >> >> >I think you did a limited search... only in the headers. There are many >> >more files without (C). For example most "Jamfile"s don't have one. >> > >> >Could you post how you did the search... perhaps this is something for >> >Beman >> >to add to the list of checks for releases. >> >> Thanks, Rene. You're welcome ;-) -- Perhaps those of us who are handy with scripts could help you automate some of the release procedures? >> It's on my list to add to the scans. Attached is an updated version of the command. Filters more types of files out so it can be used in a CVS checkout tree, "dirtied" by compilation residue. Also outputs the number of files. Also attached is an updated list of files, currently at ~1579 :-( -- grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 102708583@icq - Grafik666@AIM - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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