Re: [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] docs: update copyright years

["Shannon Sterz" <s.sterz@proxmox.com>]

On Wed Oct 2, 2024 at 11:42 AM CEST, Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> > i wonder whether it's worth following curl's example on this and just
> > get rid of the years [1]. seems needlessly tedious to maintain…
> >
> > [1]: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/01/08/copyright-without-years/
>
> Quote form that text:
>
> > We own the copyrights no matter if the years are stated or not.
>
> It is easy to claim such things, but is there some reliable proof?

i am not a lawyer, but as is mentioned in the linked article the berne
convention [1, 2], that seems to govern international copyright laws,
grants authors copyright without any formalities:

> The enjoyment and the exercise of these rights shall not be subject to
> any formality;
>
> -- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
>    (Paris Text 1971)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention
[2]: https://zvon.org/law/r/bern.html#p~6


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