Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:03:10 -0500 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r232065 - head/sys/dev/fb Message-ID: <201202232003.13676.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F46D8C4.2030401@FreeBSD.org> References: <201202231916.q1NJG5Oj019386@svn.freebsd.org> <201202231917.32499.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <4F46D8C4.2030401@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thursday 23 February 2012 07:24 pm, Doug Barton wrote: > On 02/23/2012 16:17, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > > I remember there were some discussions in developers@ that > > "2009-2012" is more appropriate than "2009, 2010, 2012" or > > "2009-2010, 2012", if my memory serves. Anyone? > > "2009, 2010, 2012" is as synonym for "2009-2010, 2012" and I see it > both ways. That's not the issue. (However, if it were 2008-2010 > that is generally preferred vs. listing all 3 years individually.) > > The issue is that it's a basic tenet of copyright law that you > cannot claim copyright in a year that you didn't actually make any > changes. This makes sense if you think about it ... your rights > from the last year you changed something don't expire at the end of > that year, and if you didn't make changes in 2011 you don't have > any new material that needs protection. I am not a lawyer but I do know the date is optional, at least in the US. I just googled a bit. Some people say "first-last" form is fine. Some say otherwise. Also, it seems it depends on where they live. Is there any authoritative answer from the Foundation, I wonder? > For instance: > > Copyright 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, > 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights > reserved. Yeah, I know that example very well. I've seen that copyright notice for two decades or so. :-) Jung-uk Kim
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