From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13408 invoked by alias); 5 Aug 2003 20:10:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 13398 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2003 20:10:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 5 Aug 2003 20:10:26 -0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h75KAQZ13389 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:10:26 -0400 Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.156]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h75KAQI15465 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:10:26 -0400 Received: from localhost.redhat.com (romulus-int.sfbay.redhat.com [172.16.27.46]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h75KAOG19023; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:10:24 -0400 Received: by localhost.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 469) id 75A5D2CABB; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:18:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Elena Zannoni MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16176.4345.874867.661565@localhost.redhat.com> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 20:10:00 -0000 To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain Cc: ac131313@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [rfa:threads] Report when using libthread_db In-Reply-To: <200308051951.h75JpIa6028849@duracef.shout.net> References: <200308051951.h75JpIa6028849@duracef.shout.net> X-SW-Source: 2003-08/txt/msg00071.txt.bz2 Michael Elizabeth Chastain writes: > > Should the "Loading" message come after the (C) notice, or the (C) put > > before the modules are initialized? > > I am not a lawyer, but ... the legal requirement is that copyright > notices appear in a prominent place. I don't think it has to be the > very first thing printed, it just has to be prominent. I think the idea > is that if someone copies it without your permission, and then they > claim "I didn't notice that you copyrighted it!", then you would say > "any half-awake person would have seen my copyright notice WHILE THEY > WERE COPYING THE REST OF MY WORK!" > > If you look at a book, the copyright notice isn't on the cover. > But it's close to the front. > > There might be a GNU coding standard about it though. > > Michael C I tend not to notice anything printed before the (C), because I just don't expect anything to be there. I barely notice stuff written after the copyright notice too, unless it is somehow highlighted, i.e. surrounded by white lines, or it has '...' at the end, etc., basically something that catches my attention. So whatever we do, let's make sure it's noticeable. elena