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Subject: RE: [jira] [Commented] (LEGAL-172) Require a copyright notice in
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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:09:03 -0700
Organization: Rosenlaw & Einschlag
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Louis suggested:
> One could have, as no doubt has been suggested, "copyright is 
> held by the ASF unless otherwise indicated."

That will be implied by our own ASF copyright notice and is made unnecessary
by 17 USC 404(a). Nice wording, but please let's stick to the official
wording prescribed by law at 17 USC 401 et seq. There is no value in being
creative here.

/Larry


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