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

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Date:	Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:18:38 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@....ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trivial: use (C) instead of \251

On 04/30/2010 12:59 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 04/30/2010 09:55 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> A similar patch was sent a few weeks ago, it was objected to and rejected - 
>> the copyright character was used for legal reasons.
> 
> Paul says that "Copyright" is enough, so what are the legal reasons?
> 
> Also, if the copyright designator absolutely has to be there, then can
> it be in UTF-8 at least?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Transcoding to UTF-8 would seem appropriate.  On the other hand, I am
most definitely not a lawyer.

	-hpa

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