Re: Copyright dates (picky items)

Re: Copyright dates (picky items)

[Adolf Belka]

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Hi Jon,

On 14/07/2021 23:14, Jon Murphy wrote:
> I was digging thru GitHub and I noticed some of the recently changed files have old copyright dates:
>
> # IPFire.org <http://IPFire.org> - A linux based firewall
> # Copyright (C) 2007-2018  IPFire Team  <info(a)ipfire.org <mailto:info(a)ipfire.org>>
>
> Sorry for the picky item, but should copyright dates be updated as files are updated?  Or?
>
I believe they should be but I haven't always remembered to do it. I have done it on the ones I submitted today and also on some more that will get built tomorrow but I have to admit I have not been 100% consistent at it.

Regards,

Adolf.

>
> Jon
>

Re: Copyright dates (picky items)

[Michael Tremer]

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Hello,

I never touch them, not sure whether I should or shouldn’t.

Some projects have a script that they run on January 1st to update all the files…

-Michael

> On 14 Jul 2021, at 22:32, Adolf Belka <adolf.belka(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jon,
> 
> On 14/07/2021 23:14, Jon Murphy wrote:
>> I was digging thru GitHub and I noticed some of the recently changed files have old copyright dates:
>> 
>> # IPFire.org <http://IPFire.org> - A linux based firewall
>> # Copyright (C) 2007-2018  IPFire Team  <info(a)ipfire.org <mailto:info(a)ipfire.org>>
>> 
>> Sorry for the picky item, but should copyright dates be updated as files are updated?  Or?
>> 
> I believe they should be but I haven't always remembered to do it. I have done it on the ones I submitted today and also on some more that will get built tomorrow but I have to admit I have not been 100% consistent at it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adolf.
> 
>> 
>> Jon
>>