Re: RFC: stop doing "grand replace" updates to copyright years

[Wol]

On 14/02/2023 10:27, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > I have proposed before to move to a system based on SPDX before for
> > the same reason, it reduces busywork that brings no advantage.  And
> > as it's been suggested before in the thread, the bulk advantage of
> > accurate/updated copyright years is likely to be somewhere between
> > small and modest, to be generous.
>
> Please bear in mind that LilyPond is a GNU project.  I'm tracking a
> few other GNU projects (autoconf, automake, bison, coreutils, emacs,
> gettext, gnulib, m4, mc), and they update copyright notices, too.
Did GNU not used to insist on copyright assignment? If they own the 
copyright they are free to change the dates. If they don't ...

> > Like Han-Wen, my own perspective was also informed by many
> > discussions had at various employers and with various other houses
> > and bodies investing big money in software in a variety of ways.
>
> IMHO, it's simple: Just follow the GNU guidelines.
IMHO it's even simpler - is it fraud? (I don't know the answer, but it 
feels like it, and we shouldn't do it without legal advice).

Cheers,
Wol