When modifying an existing file, do I have to *add a new* copyright
line, or do I have to *replace* the year in the *existing* copyright
line?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Shannon [mailto:bill.shannon_at_sun.com]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 6. Januar 2010 21:01
> To: dev_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
> Subject: copyright 2010
>
> Happy New Year, everyone!
>
>
> Just a reminder...
>
> If you change a file this year, *YOU* are responsible for updating the
> copyright line in the file to include the current year.
>
> I recently wrote a program to check that the copyright and license
> header in Java source files is correct. I found *thousands* of
> files that were wrong. Most of the errors were a simple failure to
> update the copyright date.
>
> Lloyd has fixed most all of these errors. Please, help us by
carefully
> checking that you've updated the copyright date before checking in any
> files.
>
> And since it's clearly not obvious judging by the number of mistakes
> I've
> seen... New files *must* have a copyright/license header.
>
> Any questions? Ask me...
>
>
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