Re: Lintian over sensitivity?
David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com> writes:
> IANAL, but I've read what I stated somewhere on the net. After some
> googling:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_symbol
>
> Citation:
>
> "Because the © symbol has long been unavailable on typewriters and
> ASCII-based computer systems, it has been common to approximate this
> symbol with the characters (c). However, this is not legally recognized
> as a symbol for copyright."
>
> I know Wikipedia is not a "secure source" for information, but Lars
> Wirzenius posted a far more reliable link in this thread:
>
> http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html
Also, I believe the FSF's lawyers have said the same thing.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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