Matija Šuklje
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Matija Šuklje is a lawyer and free software advocate who writes about copyright, licensing, open source, and personal tech workflows.
What HN saysHN commenters link his guide to writing copyright statements in code, cited for the point that bumping the year only matters after substantial changes.
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that_guy_iain · 2022-01-01
I'm not a lawyer but my 10-second google search came back with the bumping of the year only starts the copyright time length thingy (very technical term) if there has been substantial changes. Otherwise, it's pointless.
source: https://matija.suklje.name/how-and-why-to-properly-write-copyright-sta… who is a lawyer