On 23.04.2020 17:16, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > s...@apache.org wrote on Thu, 23 Apr 2020 07:08 +00:00: >> +++ subversion/branches/1.10.x/STATUS Thu Apr 23 07:08:37 2020 >> @@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ Candidate changes: >> + * r1874850 >> + Update copyright year to 2020. >> + Justification: >> + The future is here! >> + Votes: >> + +1: stsp > Between 2020-01-01 and 2020-04-22 this branch received exactly one > commit that touched files other than STATUS. That commit, r1876072, > was done in 2020, but it consisted of a conflict-free merge of commits > from 2019. > > I'm not sure if under these circumstances we're actually able to claim > 2020 in the copyright notice. Perhaps we are allowed to claim 2020 > just because the merge was done in 2020… but then again, perhaps we > aren't. IANAL.
Probably depends on jurisdiction, but it's immaterial, because ... > Presumably we'll merge copyrightable commits authored in 2020 before the > next 1.10.x release, which would resolve this concern. ... just merging this proposed change will make the new copyright year valid. -- Brane
