Re: A Little Linguistic Playground

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Earl Horsefield <ehorsefield[_at_]usgs.gov> wrote:
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> How about
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> Copyright (c) 1999 by (Name) and copyright vacated
> immediately thereafter.

The others have been silly and adequately (and undeservedly) answered seriously. But this one is not viable for a very different reason - the term "vacated" is a term of art in the law and has nothing to do with relinquishing or abandoning or dedicating a right to the public.

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