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Copyright (C) 1996-2002

From
Christoph Haller
Date:
Today I've d-loaded PostgreSQL 7.3.4.
I've seen in
$PGSQLD/doc/html/index.html
it still says
Copyright (C) 1996-2002
shouldn't it be 2003?

Regards, Christoph

PS
I've sent this to pgsql-docs@postgresql.org before.
But in return I've got
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Re: Copyright (C) 1996-2002

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de> writes:
> Today I've d-loaded PostgreSQL 7.3.4.
> I've seen in
> $PGSQLD/doc/html/index.html
> it still says
> Copyright (C) 1996-2002
> shouldn't it be 2003?

We only update the copyright notices when we are preparing a major
release.  (Bruce just did it a week or two back for 7.4, for example.)
Updating for minor releases would create a lot of churn in the stable
CVS branches, for little purpose.
        regards, tom lane

Re: Copyright (C) 1996-2002

From
Randolf Richardson
Date:
>> Today I've d-loaded PostgreSQL 7.3.4.
>> I've seen in
>> $PGSQLD/doc/html/index.html
>> it still says
>> Copyright (C) 1996-2002
>> shouldn't it be 2003?
> 
> We only update the copyright notices when we are preparing a major
> release.  (Bruce just did it a week or two back for 7.4, for example.)
> Updating for minor releases would create a lot of churn in the stable
> CVS branches, for little purpose.
       I'm curious, has anyone consulted with a lawyer on this?
       (We wouldn't want SCO to sue PostgreSQL for this!  =D  Heheh.)

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Re: Copyright (C) 1996-2002

From
Jean-Michel POURE
Date:
Le Mardi 25 Novembre 2003 07:32, Randolf Richardson a écrit :
> I'm curious, has anyone consulted with a lawyer on this?

Yes, the lawyer concluded that the number "2003" had been both registered as a
trademark and a patented invention. Therefore, it is very likely that
Humanity will be able to jump directly to the next non-registered digit,
which is the year 200440033, called 'year of innovation', which also happens
to be the price asked by the lawyer for bringing us into the future.

Jean-Michel

Re: Copyright (C) 1996-2002

From
Randolf Richardson
Date:
"jm@poure.com (Jean-Michel POURE)" stated in
comp.databases.postgresql.hackers: 

> Le Mardi 25 Novembre 2003 07:32, Randolf Richardson a écrit :
>> I'm curious, has anyone consulted with a lawyer on this?
> 
> Yes, the lawyer concluded that the number "2003" had been both
> registered as a trademark and a patented invention. Therefore, it is
> very likely that Humanity will be able to jump directly to the next
> non-registered digit, which is the year 200440033, called 'year of
> innovation', which also happens to be the price asked by the lawyer for
> bringing us into the future. 
> 
> Jean-Michel
       Heheh!  I think you should ask that lawyer for your money back because 
his conclusions are questionable.  Also, if the lawyer charged you for 
"bringing you into the future," then that in itself is also questionable 
unless he/she is able to travel through time.  ;-D

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