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[gf-dev] Re: Happy New Copyright Year!

From: Michael Müller <michael.mueller_at_mueller-bruehl.de>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 00:10:53 +0100

Happy new year.

This must be an American special. In other countries, the copyright is
independent from a special year ;-)


Herzliche Grüße - Best Regards,

Michael Müller
Brühl, Germany
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On 01/03/2017 02:51 AM, Bill Shannon wrote:
> Yes, it's a new year, and that means when you update a file for the first
> time this year, you should also update the copyright year for the file.
> Often that means changing "1997-2016" to "1997-2017".
>
> No, no one is going to do that for you. *You* need to do it. But only
> for the files that you're otherwise changing. No bulk updates just to
> change the copyright year.
>
> Thanks.
>