Re: [Mutt] #3016: copyright years are not up-to-date
#3016: copyright years are not up-to-date
Comment (by Thomas Dickey):
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Mutt wrote:
> #3016: copyright years are not up-to-date
>
> Comment (by Moritz Barsnick):
>
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> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 23:40:01 -0000, Mutt wrote:
> > Many copyright years in source files and in "mutt -v" / "mutt -vv"
> output
> > are not up-to-date...
>
> Well, common understanding is at least that if a file wasn't modified
> this year, neiter should the copyright be. At least that's what I was
> told.
That's what I do. If there's a copyright notice in each file, the
understanding is that the file's content is separately reusable.
(This doesn't seem to stop people from removing the copyright notice and,
for instance, putting a GPL notice at the top ;-)
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