[GitHub] [skywalking] fuyufjh commented on issue #10223: [Bug] skyWalking-eyes checks header should not require to match this year

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fuyufjh commented on issue #10223:
URL: https://github.com/apache/skywalking/issues/10223#issuecomment-1369391179

   > I personally think the users should update the year in license every year, checking the year according to something like git modification time doesn't make much sense to me.
   > 
   > But if for any reason the license is not applicable to the work since a year, say 2020, I agree we can have a configuration similar to `copyright-owner`, let's call it `copyright-years` for now and users should set `copyright-years` to the fixed year(range).
   > 
   > In short, my thought is: if the license is still applicable to the work, the year should be updated annually
   
   I did some googling and it turns out the year in the license header should be the year of publication, legally.
   
   See
   
   - https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/130479
   - https://web.archive.org/web/20111127204440/http://www.contentious.com/2007/01/07/copyright-notice-is-the-year-really-necessary/


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