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Re: copyright vs. license



On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 11:16:19AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Andrew Suffield <asuffield@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 09:08:37AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> > > Andrew Suffield <asuffield@debian.org> writes:
> > > 
> > > > It's not required. And I get bored by updating them.
> > > 
> > > Yes, the year is required, and moreover, you need to add a new year
> > > every time there is a new publication in a year not already mentioned
> > > (without removing the old years, since the new publication is a
> > > derived work).
> > 
> > This hasn't been necessary since the 1970s.
> 
> You only get triple damages and other goodies out of the copyright
> system if the person who copied it knew they were violating
> copyright.

Like I care about that stuff. All I could ever want from copyright on
a GPLed work is an injunction to stop violating it.

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