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Hi On 01/01/2008, Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 16:46 +0000, Richard Brown wrote: > > On 01/01/2008, Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Problem with that is that you haven't actually made a copyrightable > > > change to the codebase in 2008 so the date is inaccurate. To be > > > Copyright 2008, at least some of the code must have been modified or > > > removed during 2008. > > > > > > There's no need to update copyright dates automatically. > > > > > But what about when you do make a change - doesn't that mean you have > > to update it then? > > Yes, but then you're editing the files anyway. > > Version numbers/strings can be automated and incremented without changes > in every single file. Copyright should be file-specific - if a file > hasn't changed since 2000 but everything else in the package has > changed, that file is still Copyright 2000, not Copyright 2008. > So technically we should be copyrighting every page according to the date of creation then? -- Kind regards Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- 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