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Re: Copyright notices
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:33:00 +0200
- Subject: Re: Copyright notices
- References: <uhd76xif1.fsf@gnu.org> <43EDC6E7.2040407@adacore.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:13:43 -0500
> From: Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com>
> CC: gdb@sources.redhat.com
>
> Well copyright notices have little if any legal significance these
> days, so I guess you can claim whatever you want without affecting
> the copyright status, but it sure seems strange to me to claim
> copyright for a new year if no substantive changes are made
IANAL, but I'm guessing that erring on the other side, i.e. forgetting
to add a year when changes _were_ made, is being considered a greater
evil.