XMPP Council - 2023-05-12

Zash: is that also true in the US of Copyright?

That copyright statement is cargo-culted from there

US copyright is everywhere anyway

Zash: that's the point

"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

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.")

see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention

theTedd: thanks very much, that's enlightening!

I've cargo-culted it into so many projects, but none of them I started befire March 1, 1989.

I'd assumed it was required too, which is why I went digging

so if its not added its public domain in the US?

The main variance is how long it lasts, but it's effectively forever everywhere due to trade agreements and things.

MSavoritias (fae,ve), all published creative works are automatically copyrighted, even if you don't explicitly state that

MSavoritias (fae,ve): it was required some decades ago, but now everything copyrightable is copyrighted implicitly

and for at least 70 years, likely more

Yeah thats what i thought. well unlicense it is then :/

75 years after every contributor has died

so linux will be copyrightable forever :P

or 120 years, whichever ends sooner

copyrighted*