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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 19:19:23 -0400
From: Kurt H Maier <khm@....org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: musl licensing

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 05:07:55PM -0600, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
> 
> The only time copyright years need to be updated in a per-file copyright
> statement is when the file has had copyrightable changes made. Updating
> the year in a file that hasn't otherwise changed in that year is
> spurious (and incorrect, really).
> 

Post-Berne Convention there is no legal requirement to display years
anywhere.  It's just cargo-cult lawyerin'.

khm

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