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A comment on The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009). Parent comment

Re:The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009) by orra on Saturday August 21, 2021 @08:31PM (#28261889)
Indeed. That said, it's worth noting the files in the article predate that. The US didn't join the Berne convention until 1 March 1989.
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Re:The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009) by cperciva on Sunday August 22, 2021 @12:39PM (#28266927)
Right, there was good reason for including copyright notices everywhere when people started doing it. But now it's just tradition (along with "all rights reserved" which has also lost its purpose).
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