This is what I see (update as you go) in other open source projects (openstack related ones in my case).
Sometimes they do a major sweep for example, removing @author references and stuff like that, as authorship is already tracked by git. Miguel Ángel Ajo On Wednesday, 7 de January de 2015 at 15:42, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 1/7/2015 5:34 AM, Blair Bonnett wrote: > > On 7 January 2015 at 20:03, Cirilo Bernardo <[email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Do not replace the older dates with a newer date. Instead, as files > > > > are modified > > > (and only as they're modified), add '2015'. So "Copyright 2014 Mr. X" > > > > would > > > become "Copyright 2014-2015 Mr. X". Book publishers do something similar > > > with their "1st ed. Copyright, 2nd ed. Copyright" etc. You don't want > > > > > > > to erase > > > your history by saying only 'Copyright 2015'. There is really no point > > > > in adding > > > 2015 unless a file has genuinely been altered though; at least in the > > > > USA, UK, > > > and Australia the copyright is valid from date of writing to copyright > > > > holder's > > > death + some large number of years (150 in the USA thanks to the Mickey > > > Mouse Bill). > > > > > > > > > And its easy enough to find out which files have been worked on this > > year from git: > > > > $ TZ=UTC git whatchanged --date=local --since "1/1/2015" --name-only > > --oneline --pretty=format: | sort -u > > > > I dare say there's a bazaar equivalent. In case anybody is interested > > I've put a copy of the changed files as of the time of writing up > > at http://pastebin.com/7eM93EXw -- note that deleting a file counts as a > > modification and so removed files will appear in the list. > > > > From here it should be possible to write a script which opens each file, > > looks for a copyright header at the top and checks to see if 2015 > > appears in it. Bit late in the day for me to have a crack at that now > > though... > > > > -- Blair > > We haven't been as diligent about keeping our copyright dates current as > we probably should be. Although I'm not thrilled with the idea of > updating the date for every source file at the beginning of every year > either. I think updating them whenever we modify a source file is adequate. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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