Re: copyright years
Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 05:16:43PM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote: > Never shorten years to a range X-Y, always use a comma-separated list. > It is ok to abbreviate years to two digits to keep them shorter, > i.e. > > bad: > > # Copyright (C) 1993-1999,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > good: > > # Copyright (C) 1993,94,95,96,97,98,99,2001,02 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > I know everybody else does it. But a long time ago RMS told me his lawyer > said to do the latter and not the former. Ok, thanks. There are many, many files in glibc written this way, that's why I thought I would get away with it. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [email protected] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [email protected] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/