From kde-core-devel  Thu Mar 09 06:19:37 2006
From: Lauri Watts <lauri () kde ! org>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:19:37 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: DRAFT document on coding conventions in kde libraries
Message-Id: <200603090719.42945.lauri () kde ! org>
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On Wednesday 08 March 2006 23:58, Allen Winter wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 March 2006 17:44, Lauri Watts wrote:
> > On Monday 06 March 2006 12:41, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > > On Sunday 05 March 2006 22:53, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:

> > Most important of all, is to realise that just _creating the file_ gran=
ts
> > you copyright (this is called 'The principle of "automatic "
> > protection').  The copyright notice may in some jurisdictions grant you
> > _additional rights_ and help you claim damages, but not having it does
> > not mean you forfeit your right of authorship.
> > That said, since the notice may grant you additional protection, it's
> > important to do it properly.  Specifically, beware that (c) (that is a =
c,
> > in either case, inside parentheses) means nothing; either write
> > "Copyright" out in full and/or (preferably and) use a real copyright
> > symbol =C2=A9
> >
> > So the format is simply this:
> >
> > =C2=A9 Copyright 2000-2002,2006 Your Name(s)
>
> or
> Copyright (c) 2000-2002,2006 Your Name(s) ??

No, read up - (c) does not mean anything at all.

> For our purposes, could we also require email addresses?
> An email address might help find the author years after they have left the
> project. I know it has helped me find a few people from years back.

We could, for our own purposes, it's definitely helpful further down the ro=
ad. =20
It's also important to use real names, not internet aliases.  People change=
=20
aliases, but not so much their real names.
> How about:
>  =C2=A9 Copyright 2000-2002,2006 Name <user@domain>
> or
> Copyright 2000-2002,2006 Name <user@domain>
>
> And also require that each copyright holder has a copyright on a line by
> itself? Thus we can have different copyright years for each copyright
> holder.

Yes, that's normally how it's done, where different authors have different=
=20
sets of years.

Regards,
=2D-=20
Lauri Watts
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