On 28 Feb 2024, at 14:07, Ilya Maximets wrote:
> On 2/28/24 10:35, Eelco Chaudron wrote: >> >> >> On 28 Feb 2024, at 10:15, Simon Horman wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 08:40:40AM +0100, Eelco Chaudron wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 27 Feb 2024, at 16:36, Simon Horman wrote: >>>> >>>>> IANAL, but I think we can extend the copyright attached >>>>> to documentation to cover the current year: we are still >>>>> actively working on the documentation. >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <ho...@ovn.org> >>>>> --- >>>>> Documentation/conf.py | 2 +- >>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py >>>>> index 085ca2cd67c7..15785605ad86 100644 >>>>> --- a/Documentation/conf.py >>>>> +++ b/Documentation/conf.py >>>>> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ master_doc = 'contents' >>>>> >>>>> # General information about the project. >>>>> project = u'Open vSwitch' >>>>> -copyright = u'2016-2021, The Open vSwitch Development Community' >>>>> +copyright = u'2016-2024, The Open vSwitch Development Community' >>>>> author = u'The Open vSwitch Development Community' >>>>> >>>>> # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as >>>>> replacement for >>>> >>>> I do not think we need to update the copyright notices, the only important >>>> part, if I understand correctly, is the initial date. So maybe we can just >>>> remove the -2024, and we never have to update this? Maybe after 50/70 >>>> years? >>> >>> Interesting. That could well be the case, but I don't know. >> >> There is a lot of online info on this, for example >> https://nexb.com/do-you-really-need-to-update-the-copyright-each-new-year/. >> But maybe you can ask the legal team. > > This one copyright notice is a little different from the ones > in the files with a code, because it goes on a website and dates > of website publication are a little harder to track. > > Also, I don't think it's good to only list the first publication > date. Simply because websites with old copyright dates can be > perceived as unmaintained or abandoned. I’m fine with either way, however, I feel like changing dates in code, which happens quite often, does not make sense. Especially when changing the date, rather than adding a year. Anyhow, Acked-by: Eelco Chaudron <echau...@redhat.com> _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
