Re: [PATCH 2/3] difftool: Add '-x' and as an alias for '--extcmd'

>Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> writes:
>
>> On Friday, January 15, 2010 at 11:46:32 (-0800) Junio C Hamano writes:
>>>David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> -# Copyright (c) 2009 David Aguilar
>>>> +# Copyright (c) 2009-2010 David Aguilar
>>>
>>>Just a very minor issue.  I'd prefer to see:
>>>
>>>	Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010
>>>
>>>over
>>>
>>>	Copyright (c) 2008-2010
>>
>> Why?
>
>I learned this from <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html>.  The
>advice doesn't say _why_, but my understanding of the rationale behind it
>is that the international convention that governs this copyright
>notice specifically mentions "the year of publication", not "range of
>years" (UCC Geneva text, Sept. 06, 1952, Article III 1.).
>
>Berne convention does not require such a copyright notice, and many
>countries are signatories of both treaties, so the whole copyright notice
>may be a moot point in many countries, but it matters in some.  As long as
>the file (and the GNU advice cited above) is being cautious by having the
>notice, it would be better to be equally cautious and spell the years of
>publication out.
>
>But I am not a lawyer.