[mapserver-dev] Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer 6.0.0-rc1 release

[Lime, Steve D (DNR)]

>> - Update all source files, whether they were modified or not?
>
> I feel that this would be misrepresenting our rights and should not
> be done.

Frank: Don't we retain rights today regardless of the modification date on the file? I mean, just because we didn't modify maphash.c this year doesn't mean the copyright isn't valid today.

I'd vote for keeping all files with the same end year...

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Frank Warmerdam
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 4:08 PM
To: mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer 6.0.0-rc1 release

On 11-04-29 04:35 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> On 11-04-29 03:09 PM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
>> Well, IMHO the copyright is still valid so the dates should reflect that. I
>> did some searching and discussions were all over the board, from no dates to
>> just the current year to a date range. I did see several postings by lawyers
>> that advised using a date range that included the current year. I'd vote for
>> update...
>>
>
> I'm okay with updating as well if that seems to be the best practice, and would
> add that to the release packaging howto. But what do you suggest that we update?
>
> - Update only the main README file in the source and the copyright.txt file in
> docs?
>
> - Update all source files that were modified since last release to reflect the
> year they were last modified? (and do not touch files that were not modified)

Daniel,

I think this is the reasonable, though slightly involved step if we
want to do something.

> - Update all source files, whether they were modified or not?

I feel that this would be misrepresenting our rights and should not
be done.

Overall I don't really feel that up to date copyright dates are very
valuable which is why I've stayed out of the conversation.  But if we
do it, we should be cautious not to assert rights we don't actually have.
(IMHO)

Best regards,
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