[m-dev.] Re: copyright notices

[Peter Schachte]

On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Fergus Henderson wrote:

> The benefits of including a date in the copyright notice are less clear.

I don't think it's a copyright notice unless it contains a date.

> However, if we do include a date in the copyright notice (as is the
> status quo), then we should make sure that the date remains correct.

But what "correct" means is another question.  I was once told that you
shouldn't change the copyright date unless you made very substantial changes
to the file.  Like rewriting half of it.  Just a few updates doesn't count. 
Or so I've been told.  But then, copyright law might be a bit different here
than in the US.  IANAL.  YMMV.  DSMIIW (Don't sue me if I'm wrong).


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