Yep, they could have decided to be more precise than a year and ask
for up to the microsecond of the change timestamp...
Which timezone do we need to use for changes close to newyeareve?
Ludo
On Jan 7, 2010, at 5:57 AM, Markus Karg <karg_at_quipsy.de> wrote:
> I understand, that you for the explanation (in fact I wonder how
> simple the world would be without lawyers) :-)
>
>
>
> From: Timothy.Quinn_at_Sun.COM [mailto:Timothy.Quinn_at_Sun.COM]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 14:56
> To: dev_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
> Subject: Re: copyright 2010
>
>
>
> As I understand it, we are to modify the existing single line.
>
> If a file has the dates (for example) 2004-2009, then if you were
> editing it today you would replace that date range with 2004-2010.
> Strictly speaking (although I am not a lawyer), if the existing
> range is 2004-2008 then the new range would be
>
> 2004-2008,2010
>
> because no changes were made in 2009.
>
> - Tim
>
> Markus Karg wrote:
>
> 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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