[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35278: Copyright year should be kept as 2011

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#35278: Copyright year should be kept as 2011
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 Reporter:  pento         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  General       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by netweb):

 Based on the make post in my previous comment and that below would that
 then imply that the 1st line should be:

 * `Copyright 2011-2016 by the contributors`

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 The line `Copyright 2003-2010 by the contributors` further down in
 `license.txt` see last years Slack discussion
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core/p1421523317000792 here]

 > Matt wrote:
 > > "in license.txt: "  WordPress - Web publishing software
 > >
 > > Copyright 2003-2010 by the contributors
 > >
 > > WordPress is released under the GPL"
 > >
 > Matt wrote:
 > > should we update that to 2015?
 > Nacin wrote:
 > >@matt: that line is correct. 2010 was when we clarified GPL2 ​*or
 later*​. A unit test helpfully enforces another number in the license to
 be current. It might make sense to clarify it a bit so it doesn't look
 like a mistake.
 > Matt wrote:
 > >indeed
 > Nacin wrote:
 > >@mark originally wrote that, we can see what he thinks in terms of
 clarifying the language

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