What Does The Copyright Year Range On Software Mean?
Posted by benny in FreeWare on December 26th, 2009 | 3 responses
Hi,
I was just wondering what the year range on software means. For example, when I use Macromedia Fireworks CS3 at my shcool, the start up screen starts like this “copyright (c) 1998-2007…”, anyone know what this means?
Thank you
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It first came out in 1998. The version you’re using now came out in 2007.
It’s the first year it was copyrighted, followed by the latest year that version of the software was released.
If is showing you how long that company has held the license so you know your rights about what you can copy.