Unify copyright string and remove year

The year is not needed and requires us to update it manually each year.
So just remove it. Centralize it in the branding file to avoid changes
to be done at lots of places (About dialog, plugin specs, app info plist
& rc, docs, ...) in the future.

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-30432
Change-Id: Ia421924c19a1331b121e765bcea137920025598d
Reviewed-by: Marcus Tillmanns <marcus.tillmanns@qt.io>

cmake/QtCreatorDocumentation.cmake

@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ function(add_qtc_documentation qdocconf_file)
 
   # Set up environment for qdoc:
   set(QTC_VERSION "${IDE_VERSION_DISPLAY}")
-  set(QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT_YEAR "${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR}")
   string(REPLACE "." "" QTC_VERSION_TAG "${IDE_VERSION}")
+  string(REPLACE "(C)" "<acronym title=\"Copyright\">&copy\\\;</acronym>" QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}")
   set(QDOC_INDEX_DIR "${QT_INSTALL_DOCS}")
   if (QT_INSTALL_DOCS_src)
     set(QT_INSTALL_DOCS "${QT_INSTALL_DOCS_src}")
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function(add_qtc_documentation qdocconf_file)
   list(APPEND _qdoc_params ENVIRONMENT_EXPORTS
     IDE_ID IDE_CASED_ID IDE_DISPLAY_NAME
     QTC_DOCS_DIR QTC_VERSION QTC_VERSION_TAG
-    QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT_YEAR
+    QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT
     QT_INSTALL_DOCS QDOC_INDEX_DIR
     ${_arg_ENVIRONMENT_EXPORTS}
   )

cmake/QtCreatorIDEBranding.cmake

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 set(IDE_VERSION "14.0.82")                            # The IDE version.
 set(IDE_VERSION_COMPAT "14.0.82")                     # The IDE Compatibility version.
 set(IDE_VERSION_DISPLAY "15.0.0-beta1")               # The IDE display version.
-set(IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR "2024")                        # The IDE current copyright year.
 
 set(IDE_SETTINGSVARIANT "QtProject")                  # The IDE settings variation.
 set(IDE_DISPLAY_NAME "Qt Creator")                    # The IDE display name.
@@ -9,7 +8,8 @@ set(IDE_ID "qtcreator")                               # The IDE id (no spaces, l
 set(IDE_CASED_ID "QtCreator")                         # The cased IDE id (no spaces!)
 set(IDE_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER "org.qt-project.${IDE_ID}") # The macOS application bundle identifier.
 set(IDE_APP_ID "org.qt-project.${IDE_ID}")            # The free desktop application identifier.
-
+set(IDE_AUTHOR "The Qt Company Ltd. and other contributors.")
+set(IDE_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (C) ${IDE_AUTHOR}")
 
 set(PROJECT_USER_FILE_EXTENSION .user)
 set(IDE_DOC_FILE "qtcreator/qtcreator.qdocconf")

dist/branding/qtdesignstudio/QtCreatorIDEBranding.cmake

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 set(IDE_VERSION "4.7.0")                              # The IDE version.
 set(IDE_VERSION_COMPAT "4.7.0")                       # The IDE Compatibility version.
 set(IDE_VERSION_DISPLAY "4.7")                        # The IDE display version.
-set(IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR "2024")                        # The IDE current copyright year.
 
 set(IDE_SETTINGSVARIANT "QtProject")                  # The IDE settings variation.
 set(IDE_COPY_SETTINGSVARIANT "Nokia")                 # The IDE settings to initially import.
@@ -10,6 +9,8 @@ set(IDE_ID "qtdesignstudio")                          # The IDE id (no spaces, l
 set(IDE_CASED_ID "QtDesignStudio")                    # The cased IDE id (no spaces!)
 set(IDE_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER "org.qt-project.${IDE_ID}") # The macOS application bundle identifier.
 set(IDE_APP_ID "io.qt.${IDE_ID}")                     # The free desktop application identifier.
+set(IDE_AUTHOR "The Qt Company Ltd. and other contributors.")
+set(IDE_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (C) ${IDE_AUTHOR}")
 
 set(PROJECT_USER_FILE_EXTENSION .qtds)
 set(IDE_DOC_FILE "qtdesignstudio/qtdesignstudio.qdocconf")

doc/qtcreator/qtcreator-online.qdocconf

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include(config/qtcreator-project.qdocconf)
 HTML.footer = \
     "   </div>\n" \
     "   <p class=\"copy-notice\">\n" \
-    "   <acronym title=\"Copyright\">&copy;</acronym> $QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT_YEAR The Qt Company Ltd.\n" \
+    "   $QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT\n" \
     "   Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of\n" \
     "   their respective owners. " \
     "   The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the" \

doc/qtcreator/qtcreator.qdocconf

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ HTML.footer = \
     "</div>\n" \
     "<div class=\"footer\">\n" \
     "   <p>\n" \
-    "   <acronym title=\"Copyright\">&copy;</acronym> $QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT_YEAR The Qt Company Ltd.\n" \
+    "   $QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT\n" \
     "   Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of\n" \
     "   their respective owners.<br>" \
     "   The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the" \

doc/qtcreatordev/qtcreator-dev-online.qdocconf

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ include($QT_INSTALL_DOCS/global/qt-html-templates-online.qdocconf)
 HTML.footer = \
     "   </div>\n" \
     "   <p class=\"copy-notice\">\n" \
-    "   <acronym title=\"Copyright\">&copy;</acronym> $QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT_YEAR The Qt Company Ltd.\n" \
+    "   $QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT\n" \
     "   Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of\n" \
     "   their respective owners. " \
     "   The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the" \

qbs/imports/QtcDocumentation.qbs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Product {
         "IDE_DISPLAY_NAME=" + qtc.ide_display_name,
         "IDE_CASED_ID=" + qtc.ide_cased_id,
         "IDE_ID=" + qtc.ide_id,
-        "QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT_YEAR=" + qtc.qtcreator_copyright_year,
+        "QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT=" + qtc.qtcreator_copyright_string,
         "QTC_VERSION=" + qtc.qtcreator_version,
         "QTC_VERSION_TAG=" + qtc.qtcreator_version,
         "QT_INSTALL_DOCS=" + Qt.core.docPath,

qbs/modules/pluginjson/pluginjson.qbs

@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ Module {
                 vars['IDE_VERSION_MAJOR'] = product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_version_major");
                 vars['IDE_VERSION_MINOR'] = product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_version_minor");
                 vars['IDE_VERSION_RELEASE'] = product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_version_release");
-                vars['IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR']
+                vars['IDE_COPYRIGHT'] = product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_copyright_string");
-                        = product.moduleProperty("qtc", "qtcreator_copyright_year")
                 if (!vars['QTC_PLUGIN_REVISION'])
                     vars['QTC_PLUGIN_REVISION'] = product.vcs ? (product.vcs.repoState || "") : "";
                 var deplist = [];

qbs/modules/qtc/qtc.qbs

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ Module {
     property string qtcreator_compat_version: ide_compat_version_major + '.'
             + ide_compat_version_minor + '.' + ide_compat_version_release
 
-    property string qtcreator_copyright_year: '2024'
+    property string ide_author: "The Qt Company Ltd. and other contributors."
-    property string qtcreator_copyright_string: "(C) " + qtcreator_copyright_year + " The Qt Company Ltd"
+    property string ide_copyright_string: "Copyright (C) The Qt Company Ltd. and other contributors."
 
     property string ide_display_name: 'Qt Creator'
     property string ide_id: 'qtcreator'

src/app/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if (WIN32)
   set(RC_APPLICATION_NAME "${IDE_DISPLAY_NAME}")
   set(RC_VERSION "${IDE_VERSION}.0")
   set(RC_VERSION_STRING "${IDE_VERSION_DISPLAY}")
-  set(RC_COPYRIGHT "2008-${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd")
+  set(RC_COPYRIGHT "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}")
 
   string(REPLACE " " "\\x20" RC_APPLICATION_NAME "${RC_APPLICATION_NAME}")
   string(REPLACE " " "\\x20" RC_COPYRIGHT "${RC_COPYRIGHT}")

src/app/app-Info.plist

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 		</dict>
 	</array>
 	<key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
-	<string>(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd</string>
+	<string>${IDE_COPYRIGHT}</string>
 	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
 	<string>qtcreator</string>
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>

src/app/app.qbs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ QtcProduct {
     // Some of these are in here only to override the entries added to app-Info.plist with other
     // build systems in mind.
     bundle.infoPlist: ({
-        "NSHumanReadableCopyright": qtc.qtcreator_copyright_string,
+        "NSHumanReadableCopyright": qtc.ide_copyright_string,
         "CFBundleExecutable": qtc.ide_app_target,
         "CFBundleIdentifier": qtc.ide_bundle_identifier,
         "CFBundleVersion": version
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ QtcProduct {
         // Also, we need to replace space with \x20 to be able to work with both rc and windres
         cpp.defines: outer.concat(["RC_VERSION=" + qtc.qtcreator_version.replace(/\./g, ",") + ",0",
                                    "RC_VERSION_STRING=" + qtc.qtcreator_display_version,
-                                   "RC_COPYRIGHT=2008-" + qtc.qtcreator_copyright_year
+                                   "RC_COPYRIGHT=" + qtc.ide_copyright_string.replace(/ /g, "\\x20"),
-                                   + " The Qt Company Ltd".replace(/ /g, "\\x20"),
                                    "RC_ICON_PATH=."])
         files: "qtcreator.rc"
     }

src/app/app_version.h.cmakein

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ namespace Core {
 namespace Constants {
 
 const char IDE_VERSION_LONG[] = "${PROJECT_VERSION}";
-const char IDE_AUTHOR[]       = "The Qt Company Ltd";
+const char IDE_AUTHOR[]       = "${IDE_AUTHOR}";
-const char IDE_YEAR[]         = "${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR}";
+const char IDE_COPYRIGHT[]    = "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}";
 
 const char IDE_DISPLAY_NAME[] = "${IDE_DISPLAY_NAME}";
 const char IDE_ID[]           = "${IDE_ID}";

src/app/app_version_header.qbs

@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ Product {
                         product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_version_minor"));
                 content = content.replace("${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}",
                         product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_version_release"));
-                content = content.replace("${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR}",
-                        product.moduleProperty("qtc", "qtcreator_copyright_year"));
                 content = content.replace("${IDE_DISPLAY_NAME}",
                         product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_display_name"));
+                content = content.replace("${IDE_AUTHOR}",
+                        product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_author"));
+                content = content.replace("${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
+                        product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_copyright_string"));
                 content = content.replace("${IDE_ID}",
                         product.moduleProperty("qtc", "ide_id"));
                 content = content.replace("${IDE_CASED_ID}",

src/app/main.cpp

@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     using namespace Core;
     AppInfo info;
     info.author = Constants::IDE_AUTHOR;
-    info.year = Constants::IDE_YEAR;
+    info.copyright = Constants::IDE_COPYRIGHT;
     info.displayVersion = Constants::IDE_VERSION_DISPLAY;
     info.id = Constants::IDE_ID;
     info.revision = Constants::IDE_REVISION_STR;

src/libs/utils/appinfo.h

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT AppInfo
 {
 public:
     QString author;
-    QString year;
+    QString copyright;
     QString displayVersion;
     QString id;
     QString revision;

src/plugins/android/Android.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "kdenecessitas",
     "Vendor" : "KDE Necessitas",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : ${LICENSE},
     "Category" : "Device Support",
     "Description" : "Develop applications for Android devices.",

src/plugins/appstatisticsmonitor/AppStatisticsMonitor.json.in

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "DisabledByDefault" : ${APPSTATISTICSMONITOR_DISABLEDBYDEFAULT},
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/autotest/AutoTest.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
     "",
     "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/AutotoolsProjectManager.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "DisabledByDefault" : true,
     "VendorId" : "openismusgmbh",
     "Vendor" : "Openismus GmbH",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Openismus GmbH, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Openismus GmbH, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/axivion/Axivion.json.in

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "Experimental" : true,
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/baremetal/BareMetal.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "Experimental" : true,
     "VendorId" : "timsander",
     "Vendor" : "Tim Sander",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Tim Sander, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Tim Sander, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/bazaar/Bazaar.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "huguesdelorme",
     "Vendor" : "Hugues Delorme",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Hugues Delorme, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Hugues Delorme, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/beautifier/Beautifier.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "Experimental" : true,
     "VendorId" : "lorenzhaas",
     "Vendor" : "Lorenz Haas",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2017 Lorenz Haas, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2017 Lorenz Haas, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/bineditor/BinEditor.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/boot2qt/Boot2Qt.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "DisabledByDefault" : true,
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
     "",
     "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/clangcodemodel/ClangCodeModel.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/clangformat/ClangFormat.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/clangtools/ClangTools.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.",

src/plugins/classview/ClassView.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Denis Mingulov, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Denis Mingulov, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/clearcase/ClearCase.json.in

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "Platform" : "^(Linux|Windows)",
     "VendorId" : "audiocodes",
     "Vendor" : "AudioCodes",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 AudioCodes Ltd., (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 AudioCodes Ltd., ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/CMakeProjectManager.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/coco/Coco.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "Experimental" : true,
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/CompilationDatabaseProjectManager.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "Experimental" : true,
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/compilerexplorer/CompilerExplorer.json.in

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "SoftLoadable" : true,
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/conan/Conan.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "jochenseemann",
     "Vendor" : "Jochen Seemann",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2018 Jochen Seemann, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2018 Jochen Seemann, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/copilot/Copilot.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "DisabledByDefault" : true,
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/coreplugin/Core.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "Required" : true,
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/coreplugin/icore.cpp

@@ -1264,18 +1264,18 @@ QString ICore::aboutInformationHtml()
                  "%4"
                  "%5"
                  "<br/>"
-                 "Copyright 2008-%6 %7. All rights reserved.<br/>"
+                 "%6<br/>"
                  "<br/>"
                  "The program is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, "
                  "INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A "
                  "PARTICULAR PURPOSE.<br/>")
-              .arg(ICore::versionString(),
+              .arg(
+                  ICore::versionString(),
                   buildCompatibilityString,
                   buildDateInfo,
                   ideRev,
                   additionalInfo.isEmpty() ? QString() : br + additionalInfo + br,
-                   appInfo.year,
+                  appInfo.copyright)
-                   appInfo.author)
           + "<br/>"
           + Tr::tr("The Qt logo as well as Qt®, Qt Quick®, Built with Qt®, Boot to Qt®, "
                    "Qt Quick Compiler®, Qt Enterprise®, Qt Mobile® and Qt Embedded® are "

src/plugins/cpaster/CodePaster.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
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src/plugins/cvs/CVS.json.in

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src/plugins/debugger/Debugger.json.in

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src/plugins/docker/Docker.json.in

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src/plugins/emacskeys/EmacsKeys.json.in

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src/plugins/extensionmanager/ExtensionManager.json.in

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src/plugins/fakevim/FakeVim.json.in

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src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/GenericProjectManager.json.in

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src/plugins/git/Git.json.in

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src/plugins/glsleditor/GLSLEditor.json.in

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src/plugins/helloworld/HelloWorld.json.in

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src/plugins/help/Help.json.in

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src/plugins/imageviewer/ImageViewer.json.in

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src/plugins/insight/Insight.json.in

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src/plugins/languageclient/LanguageClient.json.in

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src/plugins/macros/Macros.json.in

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src/plugins/marketplace/Marketplace.json.in

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src/plugins/mcusupport/McuSupport.json.in

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src/plugins/mercurial/Mercurial.json.in

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src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/MesonProjectManager.json.in

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src/plugins/modeleditor/ModelEditor.json.in

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src/plugins/nim/Nim.json.in

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src/plugins/perforce/Perforce.json.in

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src/plugins/projectexplorer/ProjectExplorer.json.in

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src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/QbsProjectManager.json.in

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src/plugins/qmldesigner/QmlDesigner.json.in

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src/plugins/qmldesignerbase/QmlDesignerBase.json.in

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src/plugins/qmldesignerlite/QmlDesignerLite.json.in

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src/plugins/qmljseditor/QmlJSEditor.json.in

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src/plugins/qmljstools/QmlJSTools.json.in

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src/plugins/qmlprofiler/QmlProfiler.json.in

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src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/QmlProjectManager.json.in

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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/qnx/Qnx.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "CompatVersion" : "${IDE_VERSION_COMPAT}",
     "VendorId" : "blackberry",
     "Vendor" : "BlackBerry",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2017 BlackBerry, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2017 BlackBerry, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/qtapplicationmanager/QtApplicationManagerIntegration.json.in

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "Revision" : "${QTC_PLUGIN_REVISION}",
     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2020 Luxoft Sweden AB, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2020 Luxoft Sweden AB, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/qtsupport/QtSupport.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/remotelinux/RemoteLinux.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/resourceeditor/ResourceEditor.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
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                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/saferenderer/SafeRenderer.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/screenrecorder/ScreenRecorder.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/scxmleditor/ScxmlEditor.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/silversearcher/SilverSearcher.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "przemyslawgorszkowski",
     "Vendor" : "Przemyslaw Gorszkowski",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2017 Przemyslaw Gorszkowski, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2017 Przemyslaw Gorszkowski, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/studiowelcome/StudioWelcome.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/subversion/Subversion.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/terminal/Terminal.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/texteditor/TextEditor.json.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
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+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
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                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/todo/Todo.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "Experimental" : true,
     "VendorId" : "dmitrysavchenko",
     "Vendor" : "Dmitry Savchenko",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Dmitry Savchenko, Vasiliy Sorokin, (C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "(C) 2016 Dmitry Savchenko, Vasiliy Sorokin, ${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",

src/plugins/updateinfo/UpdateInfo.json.in

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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     "VendorId" : "theqtcompany",
     "Vendor" : "The Qt Company Ltd",
-    "Copyright" : "(C) ${IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd",
+    "Copyright" : "${IDE_COPYRIGHT}",
     "License" : [ "Commercial Usage",
                   "",
                   "Licensees holding valid Qt Commercial licenses may use this plugin in accordance with the Qt Commercial License Agreement provided with the Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company.",