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Re: [committed] Update Copyright years for files modified in 2008 and/or 2009
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:59:32 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: [committed] Update Copyright years for files modified in 2008 and/or 2009
- References: <20090220152308.GC23631@tyan-ft48-01.lab.bos.redhat.com>
Perhaps we should follow the recommended GNU practice of updating all
files at the start of the year, every year, rather than catching up with
updates afterwards.
To update the list of year numbers, add each year in which you have
made nontrivial changes to the package. (Here we assume you're using a
publicly accessible revision control server, so that every revision
installed is also immediately and automatically published.) When you
add the new year, it is not required to keep track of which files have
seen significant changes in the new year and which have not. It is
recommended and simpler to add the new year to all files in the
package, and be done with it for the rest of the year.
<http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Copyright-Notices>
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com