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"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." (quote source)
In one of my past projects, we once got such kind of requirement. It has been solved once and forever by inserting a "copyright placeholder" into source code stored under version control:
// %%COPYRIGHT PLACEHOLDER%%
Whenever any change in that text was ...
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It's on the very first page of the site. I've emphasized the relevant bits.
How can I use your free Apple Loops?
All of the Apple loops that Macloops offers are free for you to download and use in your music. If you wish to use our apple loops in any type of professional or commercial capacity you must purchase those loops from the original sample ...
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Right on their landing page:
All of the Apple loops that Macloops offers are free for you to
download and use in your music. If you wish to use our apple loops in
any type of professional or commercial capacity you must purchase
those loops from the original sample source to be licensed. We provide
links to the original source of all the loops ...
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In principle, you don't need to put in a copyright statement to own the copyright on something you have written. There are a few exceptions, such as stuff you write as part of your employment or when you explicitly transfer your copyright, but that is the general principle that copyright law is based upon.
The point of putting in the copyright statement is ...
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Yes, he would need permission from every person who has contributed code to the project. This is because those people have only given permission to redistribute their code under the GPL.
Some other projects circumvent this by requiring that contributors assign their rights to the project.
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IANAL, and you should never use legal advice given to you by a stranger on the internet. If you're at all worried contact a lawyer.
Having said that, I doubt very much that Sudoku is under copyright or that it might be possible to copyright an individual puzzle. What is copyrightable is the method of generation; your algorithm. Ensure you make your own up ...
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This seems a lot like asking: Should I worry that something I write might have already been copyrighted by someone else?
The answer, of course, is that most people just don't worry about it. If you write something of any length yourself, rather than copying it from somewhere else, then the chance that you're going to write exactly the same thing that ...
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The Bitcoin cryptocurrency can provide this service as a side effect of the currency bookkeeping method (the blockchain; a P2P shared ledger that's cryptographically signed).
Take a hash of your code at a given point in time (use some sort of version-control software to ensure you can get back to that point), and use a utility like BitcoinTimestamp to embed ...
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There are escrow services, you can put your code in escrow for a fee. I'm not a lawyer, but I guess that would be enough to prove copyright? The other option is the standard Post Office copyright, put your code on a usb stick, in a tamperproof envelope, and mail it to yourself. Then when question of copyright comes up, you have your code available to you.
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