Why not simplify Copyright at boot/dmesg?

[Polytropon]

On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:14:48 +0100, vermaden wrote:
> 
> 
> Od: "Polytropon" <freebsd at edvax.de>
> Do: "vermaden" <vermaden at interia.pl>; 
> Wysłane: 17:11 Sobota 2013-02-23
> Temat: Re: Why not simplify  Copyright at boot/dmesg?
> 
> > On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:47:10 +0100, vermaden wrote:
> > > Why not simplify that:
> > > 
> > > | Copyright (c) 1992-2013 The FreeBSD Project.
> > > | Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
> > > |         The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> > > | FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> > > | (...)
> > >     
> > > ... into that:
> > > 
> > > | Copyright (c) 1992-2013 The FreeBSD Project.
> > > | Copyright (c) 1979-1994 The Regents of the University of California.
> > > | FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> > > | (...)
> > 
> > Because you need to exclude 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1990
> > which are missing in list of years. :-)
> 
> It may sound like ignorance, but why we need to exclude them?

To be honest: I have no idea. It's just that I noticed
this at first sight.

I would assume there is some specific legal sense behind
this naming and counting convention; "two lawyers, three
opinions" might apply. :-)



> We do not exclude any years for FreeBSD Project ;)

But "The FreeBSD Project" as a copyright holder covers a
different time frame than "The Regents of the University
of California", so this seems to be some specific difference
causing two lines of copyright information.



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