Re: Re: Headers

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Jon Parise wrote: > I don't recall the original reference, but it's also mentioned > here: > > http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_7.html > > "Do not abbreviate the year list using a range; for instance, > do not write 1996--1998'; instead, write 1996, 1997, > 1998'." > > Unfortunately, the reasoning isn't explained in that document. The reasoning is this: you are supposed to put in the copyright years on which you actually *release* the product. If you have a release every year, then you can go ahead and abbreviate the list, otherwise you are supposed to list the years individually. -Andrei * We reason deeply, when we forcibly feel. *