Re: Update copyright for 2016/17 files, and script (issue 320390043by address@hidden)

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Andrew Bernard" <address@hidden>
To: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>; "Devel" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: Update copyright for 2016/17 files, and script (issue 
320390043by address@hidden)


> Hi Urs,
>
> My understanding of copyright is that the date range applies to the
> published work as a whole, and does not operate on the granularity of
> individual components. Furthermore, there is no legal requirement to
> actually have a copyright notice at all, as works are naturally copyright
> nowadays, and the notice is really only as a partial, and not critical,
> piece of backup evidence used if cases go to court.
>
> I speak from my knowledge of copyright in Australia, which is bound to be
> different to Germany, as copyright law is inconsistent across regions.
>
> Andrew

I think the copyright notice is a requirement of the GNU Ts and Cs:

"Whichever license you plan to use, the process involves adding two elements 
to each source file of your program: a copyright notice (such as "Copyright 
1999 Terry Jones"), and a statement of copying permission, saying that the 
program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (or 
the Lesser GPL)."

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html

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Phil Holmes