Re: copyright years: mass-update every January 1

[Eric Blake]

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According to Akim Demaille on 8/13/2009 1:59 AM:
>> -   Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software
>> -   Foundation, Inc.
>> +   Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software
>> Foundation, Inc.
> 
> While at it, why not standardize everything to 4 digits (I don't think
> we need to address the Y10k issues yet :), and to introduce intervals
> where applicable?  Is there some legal thingy that forbids it?  It might
> help making some lines smaller.

Yes - see this post:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2009-08/msg00184.html

I'm not personally opposed to compressed years, but if you want the tool
to output compressed years instead of longhand, it should be an option
(and more importantly, we should also fix the tool to allow longhand years
for maintainers that want longhand).

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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