On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:04:54PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <edmundo@rano.org> writes: > > > I think the point is that "copyright" as a verb only makes sense in a > > historical, USA context. Most countries have never had a requirement > > or even a possiblity of registering things for copyright, as I > > understand it. > > The OED lists "copyright" as a verb, going back as far as 1806. Never argue with a man who puts not only his LAST NAME but also his MIDDLE NAME in FULL CAPS. COPYRIGHT AS A VERB ONLY MAKES SENSE IN A HISTORICAL, USA CONTEXT. AND IF YOU ARGUE WITH ME, I MAY JUST SHOUT MY FIRST NAME AT YOU AS WELL! No GO AWAY, before I TAUNT YOU A SECOND TIME! -- G. BRANDEN ROBINSON | There's nothing an agnostic can't Debian GNU/Linux | do if he doesn't know whether he branden@debian.org | believes in it or not. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Graham Chapman
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