I'snt copyright deth of author +70yrs? On 5 May 2017 20:06, "William L. Thomson Jr." <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 5 May 2017 13:18:58 -0400 > "William L. Thomson Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > It may not be good to use the oldest year. Rather the first year > something came into existence. > > "If the copyright duration depends on the date of first publication > and the year given in the notice is earlier than the > actual publication date, protection may be shortened by > beginning the term on the date in the notice" > https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.pdf > > That means if you author something in 2017, and put down say 1999-2017. > You are starting at 1999, and not 2017. Losing 16 years for no reason. > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. >
