Re: [boost] Boost License Issues

From: Terje Slettebø (tslettebo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-25 16:55:15

>From: "Chris Little" <cslittle_at_[hidden]>

> on 11/25/02 2:13 PM, Paul A. Bristow at boost_at_[hidden] wrote:
>
> > So should we use
> > "Copyright (c), 2002, A N Author"
> >
> > to cover as many countries/lawyers as possible?
> >
> > But do we need to update the year for each release (perhaps twice a
year?)?
> >
> > What significance does the year have?
>
> In our copyright usages we put the date the work was initially written.
> This is important date to include.  If we later modify the work in a
> different year then we would write something like "Copyright ©, 2000-2002,
> ....".

I guess it may also have to do with when a work enters the public domain,
something it does a certain number of years after it got copyrighted.

Regards,

Terje