Re: lynx-dev gettext() final cleanup

[dickey]

> 
> On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 03:17:15PM +0400, Leonid Pauzner wrote: 
> >   *   (c) Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 University of Kansas 
>  
> By the way, according the the copyright FAQs (Myths by Brad Templeton and 
> Copyright Law FAQ by Terry Carroll), the character sequence "(c)" has  
> never been officially accepted as a substitute for the standard copyright 
> symbol of circle-c (©). 

yes.
(what's interesting is that there are lawyers who haven't figured that out)
  
> In the U.S., the word "Copyright", which is already present, is sufficient. 
> For International law, the Berne convention says we don't even need it  
> copyright. 
>  
> Granted, it's probably not worth it to remove it, but on the otherhand,  
> do we want to encourage others to use "(c)" by setting a poor example? 

It makes some people feel better (I don't use it myself).  But I'd leave
it alone in other people's notices.
  
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