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

From: Anissa Lam <anissa.lam_at_oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 15:46:57 -0800

Great. Thanks for clarifying.

Anissa.

> On Jan 3, 2017, at 3:45 PM, Bill Shannon <bill.shannon_at_oracle.com> wrote:
>
> You only need the first and last years.
>
> Our automated copyright checking tool prefers "2004-2017", but I believe it will
> also accept "2004, 2017".
>
> Anissa Lam wrote on 01/ 3/17 03:27 PM:
>> Hi Bill,
>> A question about the year format
>> Original: Copyright (c) 2004,2011
>>
>> Should i just add 2017 to the end, so it becomes: 2004,2011, 2017
>> or
>> should i just change it to 2004-2017 ?
>>
>> thanks
>> Anissa.
>>
>>> On Jan 2, 2017, at 5:51 PM, Bill Shannon <bill.shannon_at_oracle.com> 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.
>