On Fri, 05 May 2017 18:55:41 +0200
Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote:

> On pią, 2017-05-05 at 10:35 -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> > # Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation  
> 
> Aren't we supposed to use the full range of years here?

It applies when something comes into existing. If this eclass did not
exist in 2016, a copyright for that year would not be correct.

This maybe different for ebuilds, as that could be considered derived
from the original ebuild. First one ever written. I am not sure the
same applies to eclasses, but it might. In that case the year of the
first eclass would be correct.

I guess it is safe to always use the oldest year. Most important is
that it has the current year if anything. Like things in tree that are
copyright 2016. Could have another copyright for 2017. Just as an
example, not really something of concern.

Though likely would be good to have a script that runs annually to
update all copyrights to current year. I do some of that myself and
need to do more....

Additional reading
http://www.copyrightlaws.com/international/copyright-notice-year/

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.

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