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This is why: "For software with several releases over multiple years, it's okay to use a range (“2008-2010”) instead of listing individual years (“2008, 2009, 2
by slizard 10y ago
This is why:
"For software with several releases over multiple years, it's okay to use a range (“2008-2010”) instead of listing individual years (“2008, 2009, 2010”) if and only if every year in the range, inclusive, really is a “copyrightable” year that would be listed individually; and you make an explicit statement in your documentation about this usage."
Source: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html
- uiri 10y agoEvery year from 2001 to 2017 inclusive is listed so this is not the reason.
- slizard 10y agoSure, in this particular file every year in the interval is listed, but in a large codebase that's not always the case. Always listing every year keeps things simple, consistent, avoids complications around extra statement and clauses, and makes auto-generating headers easier.