Names in source files (Was: Is Xfce copyrighted or free software)

[Jarno Suni]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:11:47 -0700
"Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> It's correct.  The only option when you don't assert your copyright on 
> something is Public Domain.

As fas as I know, source code does not the enter public domain even if
it is released without a copyright notice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain#Copyright

> While Samuel can be a bit abrasive at times, at least he isn't willfully 
> ignorant and off-topic.

I did not refer to the video to criticise Samuel Verstraete, but to
present the views of those two gurus on putting names in source files.

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