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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] trivial: use (C) instead of \251
From:       "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa () zytor ! com>
Date:       2010-04-30 22:18:38
Message-ID: 4BDB573E.6070307 () zytor ! com
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On 04/30/2010 12:59 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 04/30/2010 09:55 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> A similar patch was sent a few weeks ago, it was objected to and rejected - 
>> the copyright character was used for legal reasons.
> 
> Paul says that "Copyright" is enough, so what are the legal reasons?
> 
> Also, if the copyright designator absolutely has to be there, then can
> it be in UTF-8 at least?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Transcoding to UTF-8 would seem appropriate.  On the other hand, I am
most definitely not a lawyer.

	-hpa

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