fix: update copyright years and fix configure.ac start year#191
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- debian/copyright: 2014-2025 -> 2006-2026 (match source headers) - configure.ac header: add start year, update to 2026 - configure.ac AC_COPYRIGHT: 2014-2023 -> 2006-2026 - configure.ac options.h generator: 2006-2023 -> 2006-2026 - CMakeLists.txt: 2006-2024 -> 2006-2026
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Pull request overview
Updates project metadata headers to align and refresh copyright year ranges (and fix a small typo) across build/config packaging files, keeping licensing/copyright text consistent.
Changes:
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debian/copyrightyear range to2006-2026to match upstream header start year. - Updated
configure.acheader +AC_COPYRIGHT+ generatedoptions.hcopyright string to2006-2026, and fixed “All right reserved” typo. - Updated
CMakeLists.txtheader year range to2006-2026.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| debian/copyright | Refreshes DEP5 copyright year range for packaged files. |
| configure.ac | Updates autoconf copyright strings (including options.h generator) and fixes header typo. |
| CMakeLists.txt | Refreshes CMake header copyright year range. |
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Summary
Copyright year ranges were stale and inconsistent across metadata files:
debian/copyright:2014-2025->2006-2026(start year now matches source headers)configure.acheader: added missing start year, updated to 2006-2026configure.acAC_COPYRIGHT:2014-2023->2006-2026configure.acline 626 (options.h generator):2006-2023->2006-2026(this hardcoded string bypasses license.pl)CMakeLists.txt:2006-2024->2006-2026No code changes -- metadata only.
Test plan
grep -rn '2023\|2024\|2025' configure.ac CMakeLists.txt debian/copyrightreturns no stale years./autogen.sh && ./configurestill works