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Re: Preferred format of Copyright statement (Patch enclosed)
- To: Axel Kittenberger <Anshil at gmx dot net>
- Subject: Re: Preferred format of Copyright statement (Patch enclosed)
- From: Alan Modra <alan at linuxcare dot com dot au>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:41:00 +1100 (EST)
- cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Axel Kittenberger wrote:
> But why are we required to keep each modification year? Wouldn't a range
> (like 1989-2001) also do it? Or what would be the advantages to track each year
> seperatly?
Legal reasons. See http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_7.html
Alan Modra
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