Meme transcription [Kid drowning in pool]

In the background a person plays with a kid in the pool. The person is labeled “Companies updating their website”. The kid is labeled “The company logo”.

In the foreground a kid seems to be drowning. It is labeled “Useful information”.

In a second panel a skeleton sits at the bottom of the pool. It is labeled “The copyright year”

  • jdeath
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    3 months ago

    that’s actually an anti-pattern. the purpose if a copyright notice is not to declare the current year to each visitor, fyi.

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Yes, it’s actually to notify people who aren’t part of countries with membership to the WTO of the first available year of public declaration of distribution without restriction, however, putting “1997” on your website makes it look old so people put current year to make it look new.

      It’s only legally distinct in Aruba, Eritrea, Kiribati, Micronesia, North Korea etc… so it’s almost entirely useless.

      I meant it’s a red flag if someone can’t spin up the code and is making an intern change it by hand every year.