Re: Updating copyright years (was Re: [gnus git] branch master updated: n0-17-447-g55c26cf =1= Add 2012 to FSF copyright years for Emacs files.)

[Jason Rumney]

Katsumi Yamaoka <address@hidden> writes:

> I used to feel Emacs' way strange.  Maybe updating the copyright
> years of Walt Disney's works every year is nonsense.  But Emacs'
> way is alike to it.  What is TRT?

Emacs is a single "work", so a single copyright date is appropriate. It
is much less error prone to do it all in one sweep, as there is no risk
of a developer making a change to a file (which may be in 11 months
time) and forgetting to update the copyright notice.