CVS update: samba/source

[Jeremy Allison]

Andrew Tridgell wrote:

> I'm not sure this is a good idea.
> 
> go and read some online copyright information. Upping the copyright
> year actually *weakens* our copyright.
> 
> I'm now trying to find the reference for this but can't. I came across
> it while researching the Beatty case. The idea is basically that a
> infringer can claim that the last date on the copyright notice is the
> date at which damages should be calculated from.
> 

Interesting. I did it because all companies I have
ever worked at ensured that the copyright notices
on internal code were updated every year (Whistle
does).

I always assumed that this was for ownership reasons.

Let me know if you want me to back this out before
1.9.18p2.

Jeremy.


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