Re: Bug#827907: RFS: evil/1.2.12-1 ITP

[Elena ``of Valhalla'' <elena.valhalla@gmail.com>]

On 2016-06-23 at 18:53:08 +0900, Sean Whitton wrote:
> 2. In d/copyright, I think you need to specify copyright years for the
>    copyright holders.  Just their names is not enough, since on a desert
>    island ~60 years from now with no newer versions of evil available
>    for download, the code would become public domain :)  (well, I guess
>    the old version of the code would be public domain on the mainland too)

AFAIK as long as the copyrigth date is recent enough (i.e. it doesn't
end in one of the miriad exceptions for past works) and the copyright
holder is not anonymous/a company the date of publication isn't relevant
for copyright expiry, just the date of death of the author (which of
course is not known in advance, so people on a desert island have no way
to know for sure whether something is in public domain because of
copyright expiry).

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Elena ``of Valhalla''