[cosmo-dev] Copyright dates

[Travis Vachon]

Ah!

Nope, I just didn't know that, thanks.

I'll revert that change today.

-Travis

On Mar 26, 2008, at 11:03 PM, Jared Rhine wrote:

> Cosmo r6765 updated the copyright date on apparently all files in  
> Cosmo to include the year 2008.
>
> I thought I should mention that technically, this is not proper and  
> not legally valid.  The copyright dates that are in effect depend on  
> the last date a file has been changed.  You can't update a copyright  
> date just by labeling it as such (oh my, wouldn't the record  
> companies and Disney be pleased if that were the case).
>
> It is possible to script the update of copyright updates, but you  
> must change based on the actual lastmod of the file.  Bear did this  
> for the Chandler tree at one point, I'm pretty sure; perhaps he has  
> some code he can share.
>
> I recommend reverting r6765, assuming my reading of what actually  
> got changed is correct.  Apologies if this has already been done and  
> the big list of the files is really just those that have been  
> touched this year.
>
> -- Jared
>
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