Hi, On 28.06.2017 16:48, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> In source we typically do this: > > * Copyright (C) 2017 Leet Hacker <[email protected]>, > * Copyright (C) 2017 KiCad Developers. > The user copy right is followed by the project copyright which is > updated as the file is modified by other developers. I'm not sure the "project copyright" is actually correct from a legal point of view, as there is no such legal entity as "KiCad Developers". What we're actually supposed to do is that whenever someone touches a file (except for minor changes) is to create a new copyright line or extend the list of years on the existing one. Minor changes below a certain threshold generally don't get a separate copyright, and don't extend the protection period (so you shouldn't add the current year for these either). So, Tom writes something in 2016: * Copyricght 2016 Tom Then I change it in 2017 * Copyright 2016 Tom * Copyright 2017 Simon Then Tom changes it again: * Copyright 2016,2017 Tom * Copyright 2017 Simon IIRC the "(C)" is also not needed here, because we already have the word "Copyright", which can only be abbreviated by using the © sign, not ASCII art of it. Also, the list of years should not have ranges IIRC. Simon
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