That copyright statement is cargo-culted from there
Zash
US copyright is everywhere anyway
Ge0rG
Zash: that's the point
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"For works first published [in the US] on or after March 1, 1989, use of the copyright notice is optional. Before March 1, 1989, the use of the notice was mandatory on all published works."
"A copyright notice may still be used as a deterrent against infringement, or as a notice that the owner intends on holding their claim to copyright."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_notice
theTedd
Lawyers are likely to include it as a matter of routine (probably with a similar feeling of assert-it-or-lose-it with trademarks,) but it's also seen as a defence against 'innocent infringement' ("I didn't know it was copyrighted.")
theTedd
see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention
Ge0rG
theTedd: thanks very much, that's enlightening!
Ge0rG
I've cargo-culted it into so many projects, but none of them I started befire March 1, 1989.
theTedd
I'd assumed it was required too, which is why I went digging
MSavoritias (fae,ve)
so if its not added its public domain in the US?
Zash
The main variance is how long it lasts, but it's effectively forever everywhere due to trade agreements and things.
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MSavoritias (fae,ve), all published creative works are automatically copyrighted, even if you don't explicitly state that
Ge0rG
MSavoritias (fae,ve): it was required some decades ago, but now everything copyrightable is copyrighted implicitly
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Zash
and for at least 70 years, likely more
MSavoritias (fae,ve)
Yeah thats what i thought. well unlicense it is then :/