https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122265
--- Comment #9 from Rob Weir <[email protected]> --- Possible issue with updating it at build time. It is a date, but it is also stating an owner. The date should reflect the date of when the creative work was made. And the owner should reflect who made the creative content. So suppose we publish AOO 4.0 in 2013. It is correct that it says "Copyright 2013, The Apache Software Foundation". But then suppose someone downloads the source code, and rebuilds it in 2014. Several scenarios: 1) They make no changes, but just rebuild it. Since there is no creative change, the copyright should remain 2013. It is like when you just reprint a book. The copyright doesn't change. But if you make a new edition, i.e., content changes, then you change the copyright. 2) What if a 3rd party does make changes? The date can change, but the owner does as well. So it should say something like "Copyright Foobar Corporation 2014, portion copyright The Apache Software Foundation", or something like that. Note: the copyright statement should not be translated. This is per US regulations: http://www.copyright.gov/title37/202.html See: ยง 202.2 (a)(4) Since the ASF is US-based we should follow those rules. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
