[docbook-apps] DocBook XSL 1.78.1 copyright status

2014-09-22 Thread Andy Hatton
Hi, I have been asked to investigate/verify the copyright status for the DocBook 1.78.1 stylesheets. The distribution includes the COPYING file, which includes various copyright statements. The copyrights run up to 2012, but 1.78.1 was released in 2013 (I think). The same statements are

Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook XSL 1.78.1 copyright status

2014-09-22 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 22.9.2014 16:59, Andy Hatton wrote: The distribution includes the COPYING file, which includes various copyright statements. These copyright statements are not much useful, what's important is very liberal licence statement below them. The copyrights run up to 2012, but 1.78.1 was released

Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook XSL 1.78.1 copyright status

2014-09-22 Thread David Jackson
A copyright date does NOT change in individual modules simply because a new release has been issued. The copyright date would be changed in individual supplied code modules to include a year e.g. hyphenated such as 2010-2103 if minor changes occurred to the module during those intervening years.