Question about copyright lines

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Aric Cyr wrote:

>Marcus Meissner <meissner <at> suse.de> writes:
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>>On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 03:20:48PM +0100, Stefan Dösinger wrote:
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>>>Hello,
>>>At the top of every fine there's are some "Copyright <year> <name>" lines, 
>>>listing the persons who have contributed to a file, and when. Are there any 
>>>specifc rules about that?
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If you reverse the name and year, the copyright is invalid and 
unenforcable in the United States and many European states.