Hi Folks
Via Perlsphere [1] and a Perlbuzz [2] roundup [3] I see the Perl Foundation [4] has guidelines for copyright notices [5].
All well and good, in an area many of us are uneasy or unclear about.
But there's a problem: In Australia, and I'll bet other countries, the token (C) is not a copyright symbol, because to have legal status the ring has to completely enclose the C.
I mention this so that people don't think that something like:
This note is Copyright (C) 2009, Ron Savage.
means this note is copyrighted by me. It doesn't mean that, so it isn't.
And yes, the intention is clear, but hey, guess what a lawyer would do with that...
[1] http://perlsphere.net/
[2] http://perlbuzz.com/
[3] http://perlbuzz.com/2009/09/perlbuzz-news-roundup-for-2009-09-02.html
[4] http://www.perlfoundation.org/
[5] http://www.perlfoundation.org/cpan_licensing_guidelines
Re:your information is outdated
Adrian on 2009-09-07T18:05:31
Yup. Since 1928 Australia has been a signatory to the Berne Convention - so hasn't needed it.
The only case after 1928 where it would have been an issue was before the US joined (if you wanted copyright protection there - but you would have had to pay for registration anyway). Not an issue now.
