patch kaffe main.c for 2000

Archie Cobbs archie at whistle.com
Fri Mar 10 08:20:37 PST 2000


Alexandre Oliva writes:
> > -                       fprintf(stderr, "Copyright (c) 1996-1999\nTransvirtual Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved\n");
> > +                       fprintf(stderr, "Copyright (c) 1996-2000\nTransvirtual Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved\n");
> 
> FYI, the FSF lawyer recommends listing all the years in which changes
> have been made, not just an interval, that is ambiguous.  So, he'd
> suggest writing 1996,97,98,99,2000 (yes, omitting the century for
> intermediate years is fine).

I'm no lawyer, but that seems unnecessary.. everything I've ever
seen uses ranges.. there's no ambiguity (unless you're a lawyer I guess).

-Archie

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