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A couple of technical reasons might be: ensuring that you can "grep" for any 4-digit year and find applicable files; or, that a "diff" makes it more obvious wha
by makecheck 10y ago
A couple of technical reasons might be: ensuring that you can "grep" for any 4-digit year and find applicable files; or, that a "diff" makes it more obvious what is being added.
I prefer ranges personally. Also, I believe only the year of first publication is technically required anyway.
- jobigoud 10y ago> Also, I believe only the year of first publication is technically required anyway. Surely adding later years must have the effect of pushing the copyright expiration date?
- ponco 10y agoNot sure about US law, but in Australia, Copyright notices are not required at all, they're granted automatically under the law and only serve as a reminder -- so it's irrelevant.
- ufo 10y agoSince 1989, you also don't need copyright notices in the US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention