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A comment on The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009). Parent comment

Re:The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009) by bdowling on Saturday August 21, 2021 @02:48PM (#28259434)
> you're not supposed to append copyright years to a notice

It shouldn't matter because the date of actual first publication would control, not what is on one particular notice.

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Re:The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009) by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday August 22, 2021 @02:48AM (#28263454)
The date of revisions extends the copyright beyond the original cutoff date.
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Re:The /bin/true Command and Copyright (2009) by bdowling on Monday August 23, 2021 @06:45PM (#28282996)
A later date on a subsequent publication including revisions doesn't extend the copyright term of the original material.
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