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From: Martin Stromberg <eplmst AT epl DOT ericsson DOT se>
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Subject: Re: stubify
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 09:05:43 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To: <006401c2b561$09310d60$0100a8c0@acp42g> from "Andrew Cottrell" at Jan 06, 2003 07:45:40 PM
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> 
> > > 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.

DJ, as it's your name in the file perhaps you have an opinion?


Right,

						MartinS