[Kolab-devel] martin: server/kolabd/kolabd kolab2.schema, 1.36, 1.37

[Mathieu Parent]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Bernhard Reiter<bernhard at intevation.de> wrote:
> Am Montag, 22. Juni 2009 23:58:26 schrieb Mathieu Parent:
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Richard Bos<ml at radoeka.nl> wrote:
>
>> >> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>> >>  # $Id$
>> >> -# (c) 2003, 2004 Tassilo Erlewein <tassilo.erlewein at erfrakon.de>
>> >> -# (c) 2003-2009  Martin Konold <martin.konold at erfrakon.de>
>> >> -# (c) 2003 Achim Frank <achim.frank at erfrakon.de>
>> >> +# (c) 2003-2004 Tassilo Erlewein <tassilo.erlewein at erfrakon.de>
>> >> +# (c) 2003-2009 Martin Konold <martin.konold at erfrakon.de>
>> >> +# (c) 2003      Achim Frank <achim.frank at erfrakon.de>
>>
>> Those kind of files (functional interface specification) are not
>> copyrightable under the US law (Don't know under the german law).
>
> I am not entirely sure about it.
> The interface specification might not be, but the concrete writing down might
> be copyrightable.

OK.

>> This  is probably better to remove those copyright statements (approved by
>> the authors) and replace it with an authors list (public domain?).
>
> You cannot _place_ stuff in the public domain in Germany.

OK. Maybe "Gemeinfreiheit"? (I don't understand German enough to be
sure about it). But anyway, the current license is ok to allow
conversion for proprietary directory servers.

>> The "(c)" doesn't have any power, it should be replaced by "Copyright" or
>> "©".
>
> All those representations have the same power to my knowledge.
> For US-copyright law they are all not necessary to claim copyright as far as I
> know.

My source: http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat
"One of "Copyright", "Copr.", or "©". Note that an approximation like
"(c)" is explicitly *not* acceptable; it never had legal standing and
is too ambiguous."

I know this source is weak, butI have also found the "Universal
Copyright Convention"
(http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15241&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html)
"[...] bear the symbol © accompanied by the name of the copyright
proprietor and the year of first publication [...]"


All those pedantic's are just for curiosity. I'm fine with the current state.

Regards

Mathieu Parent