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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1626439420; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=DSQnjqVnDh/aC3BO+vGHr0y6+gOmP/FVGDgh+P0ZUkk=; b=Jkc0gbFB8lvaRsdt6MicdvVcbnKkzYGgol/wQgLf1I8sGgL2CkkapfYShNHGYVwkUanLBo PNPQ6YezczY1iHste4HTZij0Bu4nVvcuk2rdDvEsHmfsKm1q3EOkQSV0562ACDISBQQzlP HaLtQObJYwsvvhPP6ecxND2bQ+Xirtu2td+iKy5xvTq6VMtsgWtC4WLBszDKEn8fxmCYOy jAxuHumQWG8p2Jfp380Q7nPiI5T5wGee5zJj/mgi2MZhEpl6DuXvISODSm8qZvj8YEP7OP n0mY49G4vAT1jvQPy3w9AR6sPKNPQEB7AOXVYRfdgKBa03wLed4egc349MASTQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1626439420; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=SUNZhuriO8URlVrPv014wT8Gm/1Phu/hIJOeyQBfgKpt+o2Lm/HtDxF0yxejkp/mLsoM2q E3p+LnoEuhIuLGjYqxa1UuXxS4z/Wg/rbZr77XYoKGlhLwSy0mDvwhGKL26qbYv5YxHKlX OWjCavhSTQtWnSole4VV6IU9xScJZEDCBi+fHL1vV6niNfjTcAha6xKB3LLwHbnnhlGWXc MD0wiYUYciN0x+8+Oztd65AA9yWPnrvJ8XLiOv6RFI4PQ1cDsq1AuCL47LoDnVnRKUF42L imT71N2MA1D9+52GhiyASbHj22oj9wAgQOXZxsphNJPkT/qXRr2VLAqeX/dtkg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=disroot.org header.s=mail header.b=fZpvfCUG; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=disroot.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.61 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=disroot.org header.s=mail header.b=fZpvfCUG; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=disroot.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 38E992059 X-Spam-Score: -2.61 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: Y0WDU82Wdund Leo Famulari writes: > On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 10:56:33PM -0400, Bone Baboon wrote: >> cowsay has many questionable files that could attract copyright and >> trademark enforcement action. > > I doubt it. Many of these files have been in the cowsay source code > since 1999 (apparently), and at least since 2004, according to > archive.org: > > https://web.archive.org/web/20040404080800/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml Thanks for sharing that. I would like to point out that the situation is not static as the ownership of trademark and copyright can change over time and the new owners may choose to behave differently. A directly relevant example is the Star Wars cowsay files. says that Lucasfilm Ltd. the owners of the Star Wars franchise was acquired by Disney.