CVS update: samba/source

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Jeremy Allison wrote:

> 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.

as i understand it, you leave the copyright alone _unless_ you modify the
file.  _when_ you modify the file, you update to the following year.

luke