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Re: [Mutt] #3016: copyright years are not up-to-date



#3016: copyright years are not up-to-date

Comment (by Thomas Dickey):

 {{{
 On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Mutt wrote:

 > #3016: copyright years are not up-to-date
 >
 > Comment (by vinc17):
 >
 > Note that several files have been modified this year, and the copyright
 > notice hasn't been updated (and ditto for previous years: I've looked at
 a
 > few .c files, and the last year of their copyright noticed was either
 2000
 > or 2002, though they have probably been modified, at least some of
 them).

 The change history can easily show this.  Normal practice is to update
 copyright notice in a file at the time when it is changed.

 > Also, the FSF agreed that it is OK to update the year of every file of
 the
 > project when one of them is modified (just like assuming that the
 > copyright notice is attached to the project instead of each file -- this
 > makes sense as the organization into files is mainly technical and one
 can
 > move some part of the code from some file to another one).

 In this regard, I'm only inclined to follow FSF's guidance if it is a GNU
 project (where they actually have some right to insist on variations from
 normal practice).  Aside from that, it's just another opinion.
 }}}

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