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Open felixhandte opened this issue 3 years ago • 5 comments

T106302328 wants us to update to "Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates".

In addition, I cleaned up some lagging year ranges, rewriting their ends to "present". If there's a reason it should be an explicit year though, I can switch to "2022".

felixhandte avatar Jun 21 '22 16:06 felixhandte

It seems we were told at some point that present wasn't a valid year, and that an actual date was necessary.

Cyan4973 avatar Jun 21 '22 16:06 Cyan4973

It seems we were told at some point that present wasn't a valid year, and that an actual date was necessary.

That is not the latest guidance. We should move everything to a yearless copyright.

terrelln avatar Jun 21 '22 16:06 terrelln

Just Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates. is fine. https://www.internalfb.com/intern/wiki/Open_Source/Licenses/

terrelln avatar Jun 21 '22 16:06 terrelln

Sorry for just jumping in for a related copyright question. 😄 Is a new file, like the new .S file in #3155 required to share copyright with Meta? I saw the check in test-licens.py, but exceptions also exist.

JunHe77 avatar Jun 24 '22 08:06 JunHe77

In addition, I cleaned up some lagging year ranges, rewriting their ends to "present". If there's a reason it should be an explicit year though, I can switch to "2022".

I don't want to mess with corporation policies, but I'd recommend giving this blog post a quick read - in short routinely bumping copyright years isn't really that worth it :)

Tachi107 avatar Sep 20 '22 20:09 Tachi107

There is no more reference of any year in the copyright header. Is that a wanted outcome ?

Cyan4973 avatar Dec 20 '22 17:12 Cyan4973

@Cyan4973, that seems to be the guidance.

felixhandte avatar Dec 20 '22 17:12 felixhandte