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Subject: Re: [boost] Copyright-less licence references
From: Thijs (M.A.) van den Berg (thijs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-15 03:14:55


>
> I suggest we should drop "Copyright Joe Coder 20xx" from all our files. My
> reasons:
>
You are asking authors to give up copyright. There is no "we" that can decide that.

> * I am never clear what this line really mean. Copyright Joe Coder 2010 -
> does this mean Joe has copyright up to 2010, starting 2010 or only in 2010?
> Should one keep updating these disclaimers every January?

Shouldn't you first learn what it means before forming an opinion to change it?


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