On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Ciaran McCreesh < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:34:14 -0700 > Matt Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > In order to contribute to GNU projects, one must sign a copyright > > assignment statement. > > > > Gentoo doesn't have anything similar as far as I'm aware, which makes > > me question the legitimacy of "Gentoo Foundation" copyrights. That style makes no sense to begin with. Something is copyrighted as of the date it is created (whether originally or as an updated edited work), from that date until X years in the future depending on what country you're in. At worst, that range implies "This file was created in 1999 but in 20xx we're making it public domain". Assuming Gentoo still exists in 200 years and a certain mouse doesn't extend copyright durations again, a header that says "1999-2216" would be quite invalid. Just use the single year as of the date of editing. See http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl100.html.
