-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of John Maddock Sent: 22 August 2007 18:07 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] How to claim copyright (and potentially claim priorart?)
Paul A Bristow wrote:
I have been revising some code that claims
// Copyright Paul A. Bristow 2006. Usually we use:
// Copyright Ada Lovelace 1815-1852
Which tends to establish prior art :-)
:-))
Oh, OK, so you want a serious answer :-) Look at some boost source files, and you should see plenty in the above general format. But specifying individual years is fine too.
BTW, One of the advantages of an open source control mechanism, is that we have a complete revision history, so who did what when should be pretty clear... not that that will necessarily stop all the chancers though :-(
Are we sure we/anyone could produce this in 10 years time? We've moved from Sourceforge - do we still have snapshots from the beginning of Boost-time? Paul --- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB +44 1539561830 & SMS, Mobile +44 7714 330204 & SMS pbristow@hetp.u-net.com