linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] trivial: use (C) instead of \251

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Date:	Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:55:50 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@....ibm.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	trivial@...nel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trivial: use (C) instead of \251

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:30:31AM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:

> The latin-1 copyright character \251 is invalid in ASCII or UTF-8 and
> causes annoying problems with some editors and tools.  Use (C)
> instead.

Trouble is, the lawyers tell us that "(C)" is legally meaningless.
However, "Copyright" on its own is enough, so if the copyright symbol
annoys you, we could just remove it.

Paul.
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