From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/9668 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Anthony J. Bentley" Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: musl licensing Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:31:48 -0600 Message-ID: <98535.1458257508@CATHET.us> References: <201603172356.11220.sweet_f_a@gmx.de> <10746.1458256075@CATHET.us> <20160317231923.GA1641@wopr.sciops.net> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1458257531 5961 80.91.229.3 (17 Mar 2016 23:32:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:32:11 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-9681-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Fri Mar 18 00:32:10 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aghOg-0005Eu-Vi for gllmg-musl@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:32:07 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 32100 invoked by uid 550); 17 Mar 2016 23:32:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-ID: Original-Received: (qmail 32079 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2016 23:32:01 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cathet-us.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=sender:from:to:mail-followup-to:subject:in-reply-to:references :comments:mime-version:content-id:date:message-id; bh=1vmQQcTKI+N7JqGSfFaNudd+O3vXcFEJiaSxd/gcOEg=; b=sWTvCzby9joKWyHnyDO4SeNsFPKjAiOkt40ck5WhUnc8RXtQinXhlsomEOItscbg/D XNTPWdf79NaSpffbxQctdZHyB2zYYm3AHweGNzZUe3ciV4LOvlkJX3r6DcTeqHNmu9Al 29aQQYmUEOJZB0X/VSo9XJKMAjiSXFsh+pCvAinpfsO9xwbSENStZ+EPV5ZHKvevdILa cEElsBkYLoFwKvmBuGahZ8bNtahFEE3YuCSKneAXAnjKGHdbm7Jfu2sL2A/sJPpWtHWy bXTJINq1Ne23Jo3LqqMiu77JO4mIVRcKGcNNQOOj0ityaOHYuj8KW3YWb1dv0ftYdojE 0M4w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:mail-followup-to:subject :in-reply-to:references:comments:mime-version:content-id:date :message-id; bh=1vmQQcTKI+N7JqGSfFaNudd+O3vXcFEJiaSxd/gcOEg=; b=Mjk4828cKw7uHiAgMCERJH1Z+izBCP++6n1vKbJTelmbVaJ03LEgViJ8KKV00LFxXU +WHYjxAt2hjQjMPvTvB7Z6mAUw3JjmSsbFmcU0NduDy/SKEwYNo9UPUlx7Q1WANOl+vq pNXp5j1Lho8Xu9ojqu4YlQsYVrf8mWrLrO/JrDWzbBgd4/5iFmFTdNb/4iPV1EZsnVgX YJyFKDmnFrDxzpMKydbmN7pB658m+m7QM/Q6uiJqTueibgxc3LsHz69YepxQWESztCU4 UC3EXibbarPVhM14njiI6k2EYKK93kW6jtkSmxBMQiDPVBDez7a/59rGYkVsBb6a43er UuBw== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJK9P14SinSl0HYDb84m7H1xYrP7nZiFKgkwjYrx5C2w3j+4X/V7HgdNfQbbes0zqw== X-Received: by 10.107.2.88 with SMTP id 85mr12259120ioc.92.1458257510084; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 16:31:50 -0700 (PDT) Original-Sender: "Anthony J. Bentley" Mail-Followup-To: musl@lists.openwall.com In-reply-to: <20160317231923.GA1641@wopr.sciops.net> Comments: In-reply-to Kurt H Maier message dated "Thu, 17 Mar 2016 19:19:23 -0400." Content-ID: <98355.1458257508.1@CATHET.us> Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:9668 Archived-At: Kurt H Maier writes: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 05:07:55PM -0600, Anthony J. Bentley wrote: > > > > The only time copyright years need to be updated in a per-file copyright > > statement is when the file has had copyrightable changes made. Updating > > the year in a file that hasn't otherwise changed in that year is > > spurious (and incorrect, really). > > > > Post-Berne Convention there is no legal requirement to display years > anywhere. It's just cargo-cult lawyerin'. Post-Berne no copyright statement is needed at all. Marking license terms, authors and dates in individual files is strictly a convenience factor for those using or reading the code. -- Anthony J. Bentley