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Re: Copyright header

 

On 4/29/2016 8:31 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The following appears in our copyright header:
> 
> * Copyright (C) 2015 <author>
> * Copyright (C) 2015 KiCad Developers, see CHANGELOG.TXT for contributors.
> 
> CHANGELOG.TXT hasn't been updated since 2012. Perhaps we should modify this
> somehow? Would it be possible to shorten it to just "Copyright (C) YEAR KiCad
> Developers.", or do we absolutely have to give a list somewhere?
> 

YEAR works for me rather than having to update it every year.  As far as
the list of contributors CHANGELOG.TXT should read AUTHORS.TXT.  I'm
fine with getting rid of the changelog files as they serve no purpose
that I can tell.


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