[Amarok] Year += 1. It's 2010, time flies :)

[Andrew Ash]

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Téo Mrnjavac <teo at getamarok.com> wrote:
> Could we use the © copyright character here instead?

I'm not sure how much Amarok follows the KDE Licensing Policy [1], but
there was a recent blog post [2] that popped up on Planet KDE about
the best way to do licensing statements, which had several
suggestions:

"""
Don't forget you must also include a copyright statement in the form
"Copyright <year> <name of author> <e-mail>".  Although not explained
in the policy, there's a few important criteria this needs to meet to
carry maximum legal weight (at least according to discussions on the
licensing list):

    * You must write the word Copyright, writing (c) has no legal
standing, and the symbol © only has standing in some jurisdictions.
    * The <year> is the year you wote or changed the code, not the
year you committed or released it.
    * Write out every year you modify the code, don't use a range like
2008-2010 as this apparently carries less weight legally.
    * The author must be a person or a legal entity such as a company
or non-profit.  You cannot just say "The KFoo Team" as this has no
legal weight, you have to name each author individually and the years
that they modified the code.

So an ideal notice would look like "Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
Joe Bloggs joe.bloggs at kde.org".
"""

It's all very intricate having to navigate the legal structures of all
jurisdictions in which Amarok is used, but John says that "Copyright"
> "©" > "(c)".  I hope these links help!

Andrew


[1] http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy
[2] http://www.layt.net/john/blog/odysseus/a_reminder_on_gpl3_code_in_kde