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Patch #40043

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Remove year ranges from all copyright headers

Added by Marius BĂLTEANU 4 months ago. Updated 2 months ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Marius BĂLTEANU
Category:
Code cleanup/refactoring
Target version:
5.0.8
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Description

Following #38141#note-2 it seems like the year range is no longer necessary. I propose to drop them.

Another article on the same topic: https://nexb.com/do-you-really-need-to-update-the-copyright-each-new-year/

Related issues

Related to Redmine - Patch #40202: Add LICENSE.txt in the root directoryNew

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 #1

Updated by Marius BĂLTEANU 4 months ago

  • Tracker changed from Defect to Patch
  • Target version set to 5.0.8
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 #2

Updated by Marius BĂLTEANU 4 months ago

What do you think?

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 #3

Updated by Holger Just 3 months ago

Removing the years from the source file headers would be fine by me. Updating those doesn't add much value.

The only thing I'd possibly like to keep updating is the year at the bottom of the base layout.

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 #4

Updated by Massimo Rossello 3 months ago

On many sources one can find the year of creation with an open end, e.g. "Copyright 2024-", but it is true that it's quite unlikely that we shall debate about ownership in 50 years

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 #5

Updated by Holger Just 3 months ago

  • Related to Patch #40202: Add LICENSE.txt in the root directory added
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 #6

Updated by Marius BĂLTEANU 2 months ago

  • Category set to Code cleanup/refactoring
  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • Assignee set to Marius BĂLTEANU
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 #7

Updated by Marius BĂLTEANU 2 months ago

Committed and merged the changes, thanks!

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