Year ranges in copyrights were dropped in commits [1] and [2].
Verification of year ranges in copyrights was dropped from script
'scripts/copyright.pl' in commit [3]. However, the corresponding
passages in file 'docs/CONTRIBUTE.md' weren't updated.
Drop mentions of copyright year ranges from 'docs/CONTRIBUTE.md'.
[1]
2bc1d775f (copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year
ranges, 2023-01-02)
[2]
c46761bd8 (tests/http: remove year ranges from copyrights,
2023-03-14)
[3]
0e293bacb (copyright.pl: cease doing year verifications, 2023-01-28)
Closes #11504
This means that all files need to have their license and copyright information
clearly stated. Ideally by having the standard curl source code header, with
-an accurate copyright year range and the SPDX-License-Identifier included. If
-the header does not work, you can use a smaller header or add the information
-for a specific file to the `.reuse/dep5` file.
-
-We update copyright year ranges to end on the year of the most recent change
-of the individual file.
+the SPDX-License-Identifier included. If the header does not work, you can use a
+smaller header or add the information for a specific file to the `.reuse/dep5`
+file.
You can manually verify the copyright and compliance status by running the
`./scripts/copyright.pl` script in the root of the git repository.