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

[David Mohr]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Jarno Suni <j_suni at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.

Do you have any code to contribute to Xfce? If so, where is it, I
would like to have a look.

If not, then may I quote Brian again:
>> Thread is closed.
Which, btw, is not an invitation to just continue the same issue with
a different subject line.

~David