On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 07:36:18PM +0100, Sebastian Bergmann wrote:
> > As I understood it, it is apparently more correct to list the
> > individual years than to use a range of dates. The following
> > would be therefore be correct:
> >
> > Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 The PHP Group
>
> Ugh, how so?
I don't recall the original reference, but it's also mentioned
here:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_7.html
"Do not abbreviate the year list using a range; for instance,
do not write `1996--1998'; instead, write `1996, 1997, 1998'."
Unfortunately, the reasoning isn't explained in that document.
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