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Automatically checking copyright dates in copyright notices #231

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@rptb1 rptb1 commented Jun 5, 2023

Experimental script to check the copyright dates in notices such as "Copyright (C) 1997-2023" and in particular that the end date is consistent with when the file was last modified in Git's history. This could be incorporated into CI.

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rptb1 commented Jun 15, 2023

See also review issues in #223 (review)

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thejayps commented Oct 2, 2023

Copyright dates can be very useful for archaeology where the history of a codebase is unclear

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