Re: A85: Copyrighting
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Re: A85: Copyrighting
but the date is the thing. the thing is, everytime you update your code,
the filename's access date will change. all "scribblings" are not
inkdateable that accurately. if the other person claims they made it two
days before you did, you are outa luck. if you register it, the government
knows exaclty when it was for sure copyrighted.
it is just an assurance. the filename date and the inkdating most likely
wouldn';t hold up in court.
At 05:33 AM 12/2/98 PST, you wrote:
>
>That's why you put the copyright line in every copy of your code. Nobody
>is going to be able to change every copy of the code you made. If you
>think you'll need more proof, just keep all the scribblings you may have
>jotted down on paper when working out the code. The file dates (even
>though they can be changed) along with your program notes provide
>sufficient proof, especially if the notes were written in ink, because
>they can be ink-dated. As a last resort, you could take the copyright
>line, encrypt it, and hide it in your code somewhere. It will look like
>jibberish to any would-be cracker, but would prove beyond a shadow of a
>doubt who made it.
>
>Bryan Rabeler wrote:
>
>>Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 06:59:59 +0100 (MET)
>>From: Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
>>To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
>>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: A85: Copyrighting
>>Reply-To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
>>
>>
>>If you want that to stand up in court, you will have to prove you
>>copyrighted it first.
>>
>>--
>>Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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>>On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Jason Blakeley wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> All you have to do to copyright something is to put "Copyright (c)",
>>> then the year of copyright, and then the name of whoever is
>copyrighting
>>> it on every copy of whatever is being copyrighted (e.g. "Copyright
>>> (c)1998 John Doe"). That's all you have to do. There is no
>registering
>>> or anything. You only have to register stuff for trademarks and
>patents.
>>> So for a program, you just put that line in your program, like on the
>>> title screen, and its copyrighted. If you make revisions of the
>program,
>>> change the year to whatever year you release the revision in.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Jason Blakeley
>>>
>>> Confucius say:
>>> "He who stand on toilet, is high on pot!"
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>
>
>Sincerely,
>Jason Blakeley
>
>Confucius say:
>"He who stand on toilet, is high on pot!"
>
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