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From: "Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
To: <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
References: <200301051654 DOT h05GsBN22789 AT speedy DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se> <3E18CDD1 DOT 5000901 AT mif DOT vu DOT lt>
Subject: Re: stubify
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:45:40 +1100
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Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

> > Is ok to say "Copyright (C) 1995-2003 DJ Delorie" in the help text
> > instead although we don't have all those year in the file start?
>
> IANAL, but you have to explicitly list all years:
> 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003
> This is the practice adopted for GCC, and they IIRC had a lawyer's advice.
My 5cents worth, it't the smallest coint we have in OZ.

Most commercial companies, including the one that officially droped MS-DOS
on 31-Dec-2002 has the (c) 1995-2003, so I think it may depend on the lawyer
and the question asked and the country they are in. At work we use the
1995,1996 and then in 1997 change it to 1995-1997 etc as it is more
readable.

IMHO I don't care so long as it is readable and not to long.

Andrew