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Robin Cornelius wrote: > On 10/25/06, jody salt <jody_leigh_salt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Hopefully today I will release my Blog software under the GNU GPL license, >> however I've got a question on how I should do my copyright. I've got a >> business called JodSoft (sole trader) should I use my business name i.e: >> Copyright 2006 JodSoft > > Not sure this applies to a sole trader business, but under uk law a > business is an entity that can own stuff. Therefor if you copyright it > JodSoft and sell JodSoft the copyright goes with the business. If you > do it in your name it stays with you. If you do it in both then if you > sell the business you have two copyright holders, you and the new > JodSoft owner. As a sole trader there is no legal distinction between Jody and JodSoft. JodSoft is not a legal entity like a limited company, it is just a trading name of Jody himself. Because trading names are not registered, it could get confusing if another JodSoft popped up; it's better to use your personal name in this case. The right way to put it if you wanted to include both would be // Copyright (c) 2006 Jody Salt T/A JodSoft T/A = Trading As (Hooray, something I do know about for a change ;-) Cheers Paul -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html